GEMINATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does gemination mean? • GEMINATION (noun)
The noun GEMINATION has 2 senses:
1. the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect)
2. the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something
Familiarity information: GEMINATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GEMINATION (noun)
Meaning:
The doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("gemination" is a kind of...):
repetition (the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device)
Meaning:
The act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
duplication; gemination
Context example:
this kind of duplication is wasteful
Hypernyms ("gemination" is a kind of...):
copying (an act of copying)
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