union vowel
Linguistics
noun
A vowel which connects a suffix or affix to the root or stem of a word.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Moses Stuart (1780–1852).
- atomic-hydrogen welding
- atomic hypothesis
- atomicism
- atomicity
- atomic mass
- atomic mass unit
- atomic moment
- atomic number
- atomic orbital
- atomic physics
- atomic power
- atomic radiation
- atomic reactor
- atomics
- atomic spectrum
- atomic theory
- atomic time
- atomic transition
- atomic unit
- atomic volume
- atomic war
- atomic wedgie
- atomic weight
- atomise
- atomiser