gemination
Americannoun
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a doubling; duplication; repetition.
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Phonetics. the doubling of a consonantal sound.
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Rhetoric. the immediate repetition of a word, phrase, etc., for rhetorical effect.
noun
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the act or state of being doubled or paired
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the doubling of a consonant
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the immediate repetition of a word, phrase, or clause for rhetorical effect
Etymology
Origin of gemination
1590–1600; < Latin geminātiōn- (stem of geminātiō ), equivalent to gemināt ( us ) ( see geminate) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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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
Prof. Napier maintains that the stokess of the Ormulum cannot be identified with AS. stocc, as the gemination of the consonant persists in the Ormulum.
From A Concise Dictionary of Middle English From A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew
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 L. P. Gratacap
In these cases the gemination is naturally short and does not exceed the limits of the original lake.
From The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars by L. P. Gratacap
The closer you look the plainer you will see that the United States held within itself two nationalities so inveterately hostile to each other that gemination was long imminent before it actually occurred.
From The Brothers' War by John Calvin Reed
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