Word: antihalation
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: an
ti
ha
la
tion
Definition: Preventing halation. The blurring of light around a bright area of a photographic image, or on a television screen.
Morphemes:
Affix: anti-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Counteracting, neutralizing.
Affix: halo
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἅλως
Language: grc
Decoded: alos
Meaning: disk of the sun or moon; ring of light around the sun or moon; threshing floor with its surrounding threshold; disk of a shield
Affix: -ation
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A state or quality
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ātiō
Language: la
Decoded: -atio
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Form of -tiō appended to nouns