gemination

[ jem-uh-ney-shuhn ]

noun

1. a doubling; duplication; repetition.
2. Phonetics. the doubling of a consonantal sound.
3. Rhetoric. the immediate repetition of a word, phrase, etc., for rhetorical effect.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gemination¹

1590–1600; < Latin geminātiōn- (stem of geminātiō ), equivalent to gemināt ( us ) ( geminate ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

No wonder if St. John proposed them in this gemination to our second thoughts.

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An important generic character consists in the gemination of the cell at each bifurcation.

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Another point of difference from Catenicella is the non-gemination of the cell at the dichotomy of a branch.

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Some roots are reduplicated wholly or in part with a frequentative meaning, and there are traces of gemination of radicals.

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