prefix
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That prefix would also have to remind the AI to obey the laws of physics with wording like: “gravity and inertia respected—mass has real weight, correct contact shadows, no floating props.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
The prefix was used to indicate which local authority issued the registration mark.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2025
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
The human rights center disclosed in its 2019 report that it used the federally assigned prefix “RPN-” for “repatriate” to plug information into free flight-tracking websites and obtain a plane’s tail number and ownership.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2024
NOTE.—The forms ac-, af-, etc., are euphonic variations of ad-, and follow generally the rule that the final consonant of the prefix assimilates to the initial letter of the root.
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton
Vocabulary lists containing prefix
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Power Prefix: pre-
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Language and Grammar - Introductory
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