°A form of a word used for combining with other words or other combining forms to make new words. A combining form may
conjoin with an independent word (e.g.,
mini- +
skirt), another combining form (e.g.,
photo- +
-graphy) or an affix (e.g.,
cephal +
-ic).
°In computer typography, the form of an
accent that can be combined with other
characters, as opposed to a single character that includes the accent.