Word: lithocapture
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: li
tho
cap
ture
Definition: A form of lithobraking in which a spacecraft or other object on a hyperbolic trajectory inbound to a planet, moon, asteroid, or other celestial body is decelerated by impact with the surface of the body.
Morphemes:
Affix: litho-
Language: en
Meaning: pertaining to stone
Affix: capture
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: capiō
Language: la
Decoded: capio
Meaning: capture, seize, take
Affix: -tūra
Language: la
Decoded: -tura
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -ure, -ing; used to form a noun relating to some action.