Word: premeasurements
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pre
mea
sure
ments
Definition: Plural of premeasurement. The preparation of a system for obtaining a desired result, typically the confinement of an object system in a small but macroscopic region of space-time.
Morphemes:
Affix: pre-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Before; physically in front of; anterior.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: prae-
Language: la
Decoded: prae-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: before; in front
Affix: measure
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: mēnsūra
Language: la
Decoded: mensura
Meaning: a measuring, rule, something to measure by
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).