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Gemination

//ˌd͡ʒɛm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən// noun

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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

Etymology

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

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