English Dictionary

interfix

noun

(linguistic morphology) An empty morph (meaningless morph) inserted between two morphemes in the process of word formation, such as English -o-, -i-. / (linguistic morphology) A transfix.

The interfix between the two words helps to create a compound noun.

意味（1）

(linguistic morphology) An empty morph (meaningless morph) inserted between two morphemes in the process of word formation, such as English -o-, -i-.

An empty morph is an interfix if it fulfills all of the following three conditions (Dressier, 1985f).

意味（2）

(linguistic morphology) A transfix.

意味（3）

(computing, information retrieval, dated) An association link, a device to group multiple words or concepts.

LOCANT, n. A number used in the Dyson cipher system for coding the position of substituents of carbon chain, i.e. an interfix.