Gemination
/ˌd͡ʒɛm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A doubling. countable, uncountable
"bilateral gemination of the maxillary central incisors"
- 2 the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something wordnet
- 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 the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect) wordnet
Example
More examples"bilateral gemination of the maxillary central incisors"
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin geminātiō, geminātiōnis (“a doubling”).