Word: delegation
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: del
e
ga
tion
Definition: A method-dispatching technique describing the lookup and inheritance rules for self-referential calls.
Morphemes:
Affix: delegate
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: a type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dēlēgātus
Language: la
Decoded: delegatus
PoS: Noun
Meaning: assignment; delegation (financial, to a third party)
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.