Word: halofinding
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ha
lo
fin
ding
Definition: The use of computation to identify haloes in clusters of galaxies or other crowded regions.
Morphemes:
Affix: halo
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἅλως
Language: grc
Decoded: alos
Meaning: disk of the sun or moon; ring of light around the sun or moon; threshing floor with its surrounding threshold; disk of a shield
Affix: find
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from various parts of speech denoting materials or systems of objects considered collectively.