postpend
postpend verb: to append at the end of a text string.
Verb
postpend (third-person singular simple present postpends, present participle postpending, simple past and past participle postpended)
- To append at the end of a text string.
- Recall that if asterisks are pre- and postpended they designate semantic information in f-structures.1991, Kenneth Goodman, The KBMT Project, →ISBN
- In each run a random sequence is generated, prepended and postpended with short primers to separate the initiation and termination tasks from the reconstruction task.2003, Algorithms in Bioinformatics, →ISBN, page 398
Forms of postpend
| third-person singular present | postpends |
|---|---|
| present participle | postpending |
| past participle | postpended |
| past | postpended |
Origin of postpend
Blend of post- + prepend.
Questions about postpend
- What does postpend mean?
- Postpend means to append at the end of a text string.
- What part of speech is postpend?
- Postpend is a verb.
- What is the past tense of postpend?
- The past tense of postpend is postpended.
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