Word: spectrohelioscopes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: spec
troh
e
li
o
scopes
Definition: Plural of spectrohelioscope; a type of solar telescope designed by George Ellery Hale in 1924 to allow the Sun to be viewed in a selected wavelength of light
Morphemes:
Affix: spectro-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: optical spectra.
Affix: helio-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Concerning the sun.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἥλιος
Language: grc
Decoded: elios
Meaning: sun
Affix: -scope
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to make terms denoting an instrument used for viewing or examination.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: σκοπός
Language: grc
Decoded: skopos
Meaning: watcher
Affix: -έω
Language: grc
Decoded: -eo
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and other verbs. Often, not always, added to the stems of thematic nouns or adjectives in -ος.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).