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▪ I. postfix, n.|ˈpəʊstfɪks|
[f. post- A. 1 b + fix v., after prefix n.]
A word, syllable, or letter affixed or added to the end of a word; a suffix.
1805G. Dyer Restor. Anc. Modes bestowing Names 43 Diminutive postfixes were added to the names of streams, &c.—Sruth is Gaelic for stream; Sruthan is little stream. 1877Sayce in Trans. Philol. Soc. 128 The Accadian postfix. 1881A. H. Keane in Nature XXIII. 220/2 The structure of the language is entirely different, being highly agglutinating, and employing both pre- and post-fixes.
Hence postˈfixal (-ˈfixial) a., of the nature of a postfix, or characterized by postfixes.
1887Sayce in Jrnl. Anthrop. Inst. Nov. 170 The postfixal languages of Central Asia. 1893T. de C. Atkins Kelt or Gael i. 7 The expressions prefixial, postfixial, and poly⁓synthetic are distributed among the groups.
▪ II. postfix, v.|pəʊstˈfɪks|
[f. post- A. 1 a + fix v.]
1. trans. To affix after, or at the end; to append as a postfix (to a word, etc.).
1819G. S. Faber Dispensations (1823) I. 358 See Bishop Sherlock's Dissert. i. postfixed to his Discourses on Prophecy. 1835Fraser's Mag. XI. 619 How impossible it is that he should prefix a Sir, and postfix at the same time the Bart. to his name.
2. Biol. To fix again after a previous fixation; to treat with a second fixative.
1960D. C. Pease Histol. Techniques Electron Microscopy iii. 49 The small blocks are washed..in the buffer, and then postfixed in buffered osmium tetroxide. 1969Jrnl. Cell Sci. IV. 439 After perfusion blocks were cut from the cerebral cortex which were post-fixed by placing them without washing in a 2% solution of OsO4. 1976Nature 5 Aug. 494/2 The tissue was immediately fixed in collidine-buffered glutaraldehyde and after a short buffer rinse, postfixed in osmium tetroxide.
Hence postˈfixing vbl. n.
1897G. B. Gray in Expositor Sept. 184 In post-exilic names the post-fixing occurs many times more frequently than the prefixing. |