Word: clinostats
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: cli
no
stats
Definition: Plural of clinostat; a device which uses rotation to negate the effects of gravitational pull on plant growth (gravitropism) and development (gravimorphism)
Morphemes:
Affix: clino-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: slope or angle
Etymology Compounds: Affix: κλίνω
Language: grc
Decoded: klino
Meaning: to lean
Affix: -stat
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: forming nouns naming scientific instruments that act to render the prefixed element stationary or static in some respect
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.