Gemination

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  • n. A phenomenon when a consonant is pronounced for an audibly longer period of time than is done normally.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A doubling; duplication; repetition.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A doubling; duplication; repetition.
  • n. Specifically In rhetoric, immediate repetition of a word, generally with added emphasis: as
  • n. [Repetition after one or two intervening words is also accounted gemination: as, again and again.
  • n. Also calleddiplasiasmus andepizeuxis.
  • n. In philology: The doubling of an originally single consonant through the influence of a following consonant or vowel, as in Anglo-Saxon sittan(originally sitian), fenn(originally feni, Gothic fani), etc.; less properly used of mere orthographic doubling, as in hammer, matter, etc.
  • n. A pair of letters so doubled.
  • n. In astronomy, the frequent apparent doubling of the canals of Mars. It is still debated whether the phenomenon represents a real fact on the planet's surface or is merely optical or visual.
  • n. In anatomy, the union or fusion of two contiguous teeth caused by the uniting of two tooth-pulps.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect)
  • n. the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    repetition    copying   
    Cross Reference
    dissimilated gemination   
    Form
    degemination   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    doubling    duplication    repetition   
     
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