GEMINATION

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 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)

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

geminate (arrange or combine in pairs)

Sense 2

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)