gemination

American  

[jem-uh-ney-shuhn] / ˌdʒɛm əˈneɪ ʃən /

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.

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gemination British  

/ ˌdʒɛmɪˈneɪʃən /

noun

1. the act or state of being doubled or paired

2. the doubling of a consonant

3. the immediate repetition of a word, phrase, or clause for rhetorical effect

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Etymology

Origin of gemination

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

Example Sentences

Let us add, further, that the intervention of intelligent beings might explain the geometrical appearance of the gemination, but it is not at all necessary for such a purpose.

From The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars by Gratacap, L. P.

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various

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

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

The observation of the gemination is one of the greatest difficulty, and can only be made by an eye well practiced in such work, added to a telescope of accurate construction and of great power.

From The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars by Gratacap, L. P.

The gemination is not necessarily confined only to the canals, but tends to be produced also in the lakes.

From The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars by Gratacap, L. P.