Word: trigon
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: tri
gon
Definition: A trine; an aspect of two planets distant 120 degrees from each other.
Morphemes:
Affix: tri-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in combination with a known element name (e.g. 'tri-silicon') to designate an unknown element that would reside three periods lower than the known element on a Mendeleev-type periodic table. See Mendeleev's predicted elements.
Affix: -gon
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of angles, and thus bounded by that number of line segments (polygons). If the number is large enough, it can take the hyphenated suffix directly.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: γωνία
Language: grc
Decoded: gonia
Meaning: corner, angle