What's the difference between affix and prefix?

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.

Prefix


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement.
  • (v. t.) To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish antecedently.
  • (n.) That which is prefixed; esp., one or more letters or syllables combined or united with the beginning of a word to modify its signification; as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The present studies were performed to determine if the omission of prefixation would provide a better method for localizing adenylate cyclase in cardiac muscle.
  • (2) Close correspondence was found between the two eyes with respect to both prefixation tonic level and magnitude of tonic after-effect.
  • (3) In rigor control, crossbridges were most regular in muscles that were stabilized before freezing by prefixation in glutaraldehyde followed by 'hardening' with neutralized tannic acid, so all nucleotide treatments were terminated by such fixation.
  • (4) The difference in adhesivity between intact and stimulated PEC can be abolished by glutaraldehyde prefixation.
  • (5) Prolongation of the prefixation and increasing the pH of the incubation medium increased the staining intensity of the secondary granules and decreased the staining intensity of the primary granules.
  • (6) The frontal basal cisterns could not be filled sufficiently with the contrast agent due to haematoma and a prefixed chiasm accompanied by arachnoid adhesions in two cases.
  • (7) Prefixation digestions of epidermal sheets with chondroitinase ABC.
  • (8) When most utterances were long enough to include pronominal prefixes as well as roots, morphological structure was apparently discovered.
  • (9) Prefixed virus was round with peak diameters of 141 and 130 nm, respectively, in phosphotungstate, and 148 and 117 nm, respectively, in uranyl acetate.
  • (10) The retrochiasmal location of a tumour and the presence of a prefixed chiasm pose a major difficulty in total excision of craniopharyngiomas.
  • (11) After filipin incubation of prefixed vibratome slices, filipin-cholesterol complexes appeared as 20-30 proturberances and pits on P- and E-faces.
  • (12) Randomly distributed alpha-mannan was detected by scanning electron microscopy at the surface of prefixed protoplasts using colloidal gold labelled with Concanavalin A as a marker.
  • (13) Exposure to TPA or the use of a hyperosmolal prefixative vehicle both yielded higher DC numbers than did controls or conventional prefixative vehicles, respectively.
  • (14) On the resulting radiographs some prefixed distances were measured.
  • (15) While these machinations have been taking place behind the scenes, chief executive David Abraham has masterminded a rolling rebrand that has seen the company's 10 channels gradually drop the UKTV prefix on-screen in favour of attention-seeking one-word names.
  • (16) Prefixation in glutaraldehyde had little effect on vesicle sensitivity to subsequent tonicity change, not did the fixative per se exert an obvious osmotic effect.
  • (17) The possible relation with prefixation flow heterogeneity in the vasodilated preparation is discussed.
  • (18) After prefixation with hyperosmolal vehicles, however, TPA treatment did not induce higher DC yield than in a control series.
  • (19) After prefixation in formaldehyde, samples were immunostained with poly- or monoclonal antibodies to desmin or vimentin, and indirectly tagged with colloidal gold probes by the biotin-streptavidin method.
  • (20) The results confirm that 3T3 cells contain aggregated intramembranous particles and that native SV3T3 cells do not, regardless of whether cells are prepared in glycerol, sucrose, tissue culture medium or following prefixation in paraformaldehyde.