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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A doubling. countable, uncountable

   "bilateral gemination of the maxillary central incisors"

2. 2
   the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something wordnet
3. 3
   The phenomenon of a consonant being pronounced for an audibly longer period of time than is normal; an instance of such lengthened pronunciation. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

consonant lengtheningdoublingduplicateduplicationduplicationfigure of speech

Example

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"bilateral gemination of the maxillary central incisors"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin geminātiō, geminātiōnis (“a doubling”).

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