| infix notation | |
noun | |
| a notation for forming mathematical expressions using parentheses and governed by rules of operator precedence; operators are dispersed among the operands |
infix notation language
One of the possible orderings of functions and operands: in infix notation the functions are placed between their operands, such as "1+2". Although infix notation is limited to binary functions most languages mix infix notation with prefix or postfix notation, as a form of syntactic sugar.
(1997-01-17)