interfixes

Noun

interfix (plural interfixes)

1. An empty morph inserted between two morphemes in the process of word formation, such as English -i- and -o-.
   • An empty morph is an interfix if it fulfills all of the following three conditions (Dressier, 1985f).2004, Francis Katamba, Morphology: Critical Concepts in Linguistics, →ISBN, page 187
2. A transfix.
3. (dated, information retrieval) An association link.
   • LOCANT, n. A number used in the Dyson cipher system for coding the position of substituents of carbon chain, i.e. an interfix.1959, Frank S. Wagner, Jr., A Dictionary of Documentation Terms, page 19

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