postfix

Etymology

post- + fix

verb

  1. (transitive) To suffix.
    Verbs with י for the first radical, often drop it in the future, imperative, and infinitive of Kal, to which last they postfix ת (לקח to take, follows this form), and in Niph. and Hiph. they change י into ו. 1762, John Parkhurst, An Hebrew and English Lexicon: Without Points
  2. (biology) To subject a sample to postfixation

noun

  1. (chiefly computing) Suffix.
    Two, or three at the very most, of the prefixes or postfixes are quite sufficient for one day's lesson. 1843, George Moody, The English journal of education, volume 1, page 69
    An example of a postfix operator is the ++ notation used in the C programming language to increment the value of a variable. 2006, Patrick Blackburn · Johan Bos · Kristina Striegnitz, Learn Prolog Now!, §9.4

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