gemination

[ jem-uh-ney-shuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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