bis- (English, prefix)
expansion: bis-
Senses:
glosses: An occasional variant of bi- prefixed to roots beginning with a vowel, as in bisalternate
tags: morpheme
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: 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)
tags: morpheme
obsolete
topics: chemistry
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A variant of di-, used for substitutions of two complex rather than simple units.
tags: morpheme
Forms: