prefix

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Anila told me that she had given all the girls saved by the midwives the prefix “Kosi” before their name, a homage to the Kosi river in Bihar.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2024

She dissected the word “intermolecular,” and its prefix, “inter,” connecting it to other words with that same prefix.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2024

Warning signs include the absence of the prefix “https” or a locked padlock symbol in the web address, plus poor website designs.

From Washington Times • Nov. 24, 2023

“Atto” is the scientific notation prefix that represents 10-18, which is a decimal point followed by 17 zeroes and a 1.

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2023

The prefix od- used in the second halfmonth is a reversive, giving a contrary meaning, so that Odgeteny might be translated as “undarkness.”

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin