Word: microfluorescence
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mi
cro
fluo
re
scence
Definition: fluorescence from very small areas of a sample; used especially to analyze surface contaminants
Morphemes:
Affix: micro-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Very small.
Affix: fluorite
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A widely occurring mineral (calcium fluoride), of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.
Affix: spar
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: sparston
Language: enm
Decoded: sparston
Meaning: gypsum, chalk
Affix: -escence
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: a specified process or state