geminate

American  

[jem-uh-neyt, jem-uh-nit, -neyt] / ˈdʒɛm əˌneɪt, ˈdʒɛm ə nɪt, -ˌneɪt /

verb (used with or without object)

geminated, geminating

1. to make or become doubled or paired.

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adjective

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

noun

1. Phonetics. a doubled consonant sound.

geminate British  

adjective

1. combined in pairs; doubled

   a geminate leaf

   a geminate consonant

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verb

1. to arrange or be arranged in pairs

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

Other Word Forms

• geminately
  adverb
• nongeminate
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of geminate

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

Example Sentences

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

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

The spikelets are small, 1/20 to 1/14 inch, geminate, one short and the other long pedicelled, appressed to the rachis, elliptic, silky with slender crisped hairs, pale green or purplish.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

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

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by MacGillivray, John

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

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.