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Definition of Gemination

1. Noun. The doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect).

2. Noun. The act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something. "This kind of duplication is wasteful"

Definition of Gemination

1. n. A doubling; duplication; repetition.

Definition of Gemination

1. Noun. (phonetics) A phenomenon when a consonant is pronounced for an audibly longer period of time than is done normally. ¹

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Definition of Gemination

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Gemination

1. Embryologic partial division of a primordium. For example, gemination of a single tooth germ results in two partially or completely separated crowns on a single root. Origin: L. Geminatio, a doubling (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gemination

gemfibrozil gemfish gemfishes geminal geminal diamine geminal diamines geminal diol geminal diols geminally geminate

geminated geminated teeth geminates geminating geminatio vocalium gemination (current term) geminations gemini geminies geminiflorous

geminite geminiviridae geminivirus geminiviruses geminology geminous geminy gemish gemistocyte gemistocytes

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