Word: undershift
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: un
der
shift
Definition: The amount of displacement in the layers in a crystal lattice that places the layers too close together.
Morphemes:
Affix: under-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently, below what is correct; subordinate to; beneath or behind.
Affix: shift
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.