Word: dislocation
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: dis
lo
ca
tion
Definition: The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations.
Morphemes:
Affix: dis-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: reversal or removal
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dis-
Language: la
Decoded: dis-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: reversal, removal
Affix: locate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To place oneself; to take up one's residence; to settle.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: locātus
Language: la
Decoded: locatus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: put, placed, having been set.
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.