Word: polyetheretherketone
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: po
ly
e
there
ther
ke
tone
Definition: A colorless organic polymer thermoplastic used in engineering applications.
Morphemes:
Affix: poly-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: polymer
Etymology Compounds: Affix: πολύς
Language: grc
Decoded: polus
Meaning: many, much
Affix: ether
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of a class of organic compounds containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.
Affix: ether
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of a class of organic compounds containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.
Affix: ketone
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A homologous series of organic molecules whose functional group is an oxygen atom joined to a carbon atom—by a double bond—in a carbon-hydrogen based molecule.