geminate

[jem-uh-neyt, jem-uh-nit, -neyt]

verb (used with or without object)

geminated, geminating 

1. to make or become doubled or paired.

adjective

1. Also geminated. combined or arranged in pairs; twin; coupled.

noun

1. Phonetics.,  a doubled consonant sound.

geminate

adjective

1. combined in pairs; doubled

   a geminate leaf

   a geminate consonant

verb

1. to arrange or be arranged in pairs

   the ``t''s in ``fitted'' are geminated

Other Word Forms

• geminately adverb
• nongeminate adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of geminate¹

1590–1600; < Latin geminātus doubled (past participle of gemināre ), equivalent to gemin- double + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of geminate¹

C17: from Latin gemināre to double, from geminus born at the same time, twin

Example Sentences

New research suggests this type of algae — called Didymosphenia geminate, or didymo — is a native species, but the environmental conditions that trigger its visible growth in rivers were previously rare or absent.

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Mouth-spots two, or one, with a distinct construction; flagella symmetrically arranged; nucleus bilobed or geminate.

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Rottboellia.Sessile spikelets geminate in all except the uppermost joints 26.

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The cells upon which the ovicells are placed are always geminate, that is to say, have a smaller cell growing out from one side.

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V. double, redouble, duplicate, reduplicate; geminate; repeat &c.

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