Word: backcalculate
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: back
cal
cu
late
Definition: To perform backcalculation; a testing device used by civil engineers to evaluate the physical properties of pavement in highways, local roads, airport pavements, harbor areas, railway tracks and elsewhere
Morphemes:
Affix: back
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.
Affix: calculate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: calculātus
Language: la
Decoded: calculatus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: Calculated, computed, reckoned, having been calculated.