What's the difference between affix and hyphen?

Affix


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing.
  • (v. t.) To fix or fasten in any way; to attach physically.
  • (v. t.) To attach, unite, or connect with; as, names affixed to ideas, or ideas affixed to things; to affix a stigma to a person; to affix ridicule or blame to any one.
  • (v. t.) To fix or fasten figuratively; -- with on or upon; as, eyes affixed upon the ground.
  • (n.) That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This is best accomplished with a continuous stream of normal saline from a 1-I bag which is attached to an intravenous line with a 16-gauge Teflon catheter placement sleeve affixed to the distal end of the line.
  • (2) A device for computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous punctures that is not affixed to the patient and can be used even when the gantry is tilted was developed and tested.
  • (3) We propose a linguistic analysis of the correlation in terms of Kiparsky's (1982, 1985) level-ordering model plus an additional ordering condition on affixes: default (regular) affixes cannot serve as input to compounding processes.
  • (4) The correlation was similar if the meter was affixed instead directly to the scalp with collodion gel, and the clinical reliability improved.
  • (5) A locking mechanism with a suture affixed to the distal portion of the mushroom tip is described.
  • (6) The group antigen did not affix to mouse erythrocytes in vivo.
  • (7) By contrast, monolayer-coated dimyristoyl-PC magnetic structures are inferior with respect to both their reactivation potency and their ability to strongly affix cytochrome-c oxidase and to improve the thermal stability of the enzyme.
  • (8) The Antelope on Mitcham Road has a choice of three open fires where you can affix your undergarments.
  • (9) Photos of the first president hang from branches, have been affixed to tea stalls, and even encircle a giant banner showing Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, dressed as Hitler.
  • (10) Radiopaque markers of 4 mm diameter were affixed to the pharyngeal wall by suction.
  • (11) Based on longitudinal data from impaired and unimpaired monolingual German-speaking children, we find a striking, statistically significant correlation: plural affixes that are used in overregularizations, namely -n or -s, are left out within compounds.
  • (12) An external localizing device, consisting of a series of tubes visible on MR, is affixed to an individually fitted thermoplastic mask.
  • (13) In this study the transverse flexural stiffnesses of five preformed arch wires were quantified in each of three activation directions at five separate sites on simulated dental arches to which appliances were affixed.
  • (14) In previous studies it was shown that fixed platelets bearing covalently-bound fibrinogen participate passively in release-related aggregation, and that thrombospondin is the released compound which specifically and selectively recognizes the affixed fibrinogen.
  • (15) The revisions were performed not for aseptic loosening but for causes in which all the implants were securely affixed to bone.
  • (16) The in vitro experiment involved palladium 103 seeds placed into a Silastic seed holder, which was affixed into standard 14-mm gold eye plaques.
  • (17) Availability of distinctive cues affixed on the objects' sides facilitated solution of the symmetrical orientations.
  • (18) RNA polymerase bound last to form a preinitiation complex, but it was less stably affixed than any of the factors.
  • (19) While affixing your e-signature to an online petition is a new and somewhat direct way to "petition your government for a redress of grievances", I am most concerned with advocating for more immediate and effective manners of protest.
  • (20) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The end of the paper tax disc Facebook Twitter Pinterest After more than 90 years affixed to British motorists’ cars, the tax disc is no longer needed from today.

Hyphen


Definition:

  • (n.) A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compound word; as in fine-leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to separate the syllables of words.
  • (v. t.) To connect with, or separate by, a hyphen, as two words or the parts of a word.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The 3' end of the cell cycle regulated mRNA terminates immediately following the region of hyphenated dyad symmetry typical of most histone mRNAs, whereas the constitutively expressed mRNA has a 1798 nt non-translated trailer that contains the same region of hyphenated dyad symmetry but is polyadenylated.
  • (2) Termination of sar RNA synthesis occurs after transcription of the first and second Ts of a TTTA sequence following a region of hyphenated dyad symmetry.
  • (3) The H2B protein coding region of HHC289 is flanked at the 3' end by a 1798-nt nontranslated trailer that contains a region of hyphenated dyad symmetry and a poly(A) addition sequence, followed by a poly(A) tail.
  • (4) Her relations address letters to our children using an invented hyphenated surname.
  • (5) It was possible to classify the patients into three groups with focal, hyphenated and linear attachment, respectively.
  • (6) Between these extremes were cases in which hyphenations along a locus of linear attachment allowed additional communications between the ventricular compartments.
  • (7) Features of the sequence involved in recognition by the T7 RNA polymerase are discussed and include the following region of hyphenated 2-fold symmetry (boxed regions are related through a 2-fold axis of symmetry at the center of the sequence shown).
  • (8) Size, ejection and displacement indexes of the functional right ventricle measured from the angiograms suggested that the severity of the malformation increased from focal attachment through hyphenated to linear attachment.
  • (9) Its vague and fluid nature allowed space for a range of options, hyphens and elisions.
  • (10) There has been rather a lot of talk recently of hard work: the mythical individuals who are thus wired – from politicians to Hollywood stars , households of folks so hard-working they sometimes have to drop the hyphen for efficiency .
  • (11) This binding region of the beta-actin enhancer contained a hyphenated dyad symmetry and an enhancer core-like sequence.
  • (12) She is clearly not an activist of the old school.” One way to understand Watson’s very 21st-century celebrity activism is to see her as a multi-hyphenate entrepreneur in the vein of Beyoncé and Gwyneth Paltrow .
  • (13) The Sunday crossword puzzle had the following cue for 4 down: "Places for day-care" (spelled, with the purist's uncertainty, with a hyphen).
  • (14) Alterations of specific bases in a region of hyphenated dyad symmetry located in the leader established that base pairing in the 5' terminal region of the pyrC leader transcript is required for normal regulation of dihydroorotase synthesis.
  • (15) The ends of the region of homology between pIM13 and pE194 were associated with hyphenated dyad symmetries.
  • (16) Footprints containing hyphenated palindrome sequences, found in the promoter regions of both genes, suggest the possible involvement of other classes of transcription factor.
  • (17) In the sequence alignments, identity between residues is indicated by a hyphen (-).
  • (18) The gene contains sequences that strongly resemble those found in E. coli promoters, an E. coli type of ribosomal binding site, and a hyphenated dyad sequence at the 3' end of the gene which resembles the rho-independent terminators found in some E. coli genes.
  • (19) The 24 base pair hyphenated palindrome at the 3' end of the HKB gene may be a site for termination of transcription of this gene.
  • (20) But apparently, yes – while hyphenations of both surnames are becoming more common, it is still rare for a woman to pass on her surname when it is different from the father's.