Word: reflectron
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: re
flec
tron
Definition: A time-of-flight mass spectrometer that uses a static electric field to reverse the direction of travel of the ions entering it.
Morphemes:
Affix: reflect
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To mirror, or show the image of something.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: re-
Language: la
Decoded: re-
Meaning: again
Affix: flectō
Language: la
Decoded: flecto
Meaning: I bend, I curve
Affix: -tron
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to name a number of particle accelerators.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -τρον
Language: grc
Decoded: -tron
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms instrument nouns