Word: profilometric
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: pro
fi
lo
me
tric
Definition: Of or pertaining to profilometry. The use of a laser or white-light, computer-generated projections to perform surface measurements of three dimensional objects.
Morphemes:
Affix: profile
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: pro
Language: la
Decoded: pro
Meaning: before
Affix: filo
Language: it
Decoded: filo
Meaning: a line, stroke, thread
Affix: -o-
Language: en
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words or of Ancient Greek or Classical Latin origin in the of New Latin and international scientific vocabulary but it can also be used to join modern terms and even abbreviations, either formally or informally.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -o-
Language: la
Decoded: -o-
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: Suffix forming nominal compounds (such as Gallo-Greek from Gallic and Greek ).
Affix: -metric
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Of or relating to measurement; the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
Etymology Compounds: Affix: metrum
Language: la
Decoded: metrum
PoS: Noun
Meaning: a measure
Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: of or pertaining to; connected with; -ic, -ish