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prefix
An occasional variant of bi- prefixed to roots beginning with a vowel, as in bisalternate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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prefix
A variant of di- used to indicate that the component that does not take the prefix occurs twice in the compound: a bisoxide is of the form B2O (cf. dioxide for XO2)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme, obsolete
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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prefix
A variant of di-, used for substitutions of two complex rather than simple units.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Topics: chemistry, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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History
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