interfix

  1. Noun.  (morphology) An empty morph inserted between two morphemes in the process of word formation, such as English (term, -o-) , (term, -i-) .
  2. Noun.  (computing, information retrieval) An association link, a device to group multiple words or concepts.
  3. Verb.  (engineering) To attach or anchor two or more parts together.
  4. Verb.  (morphology) To insert an interfix between two morphemes.

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