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gemination: Meaning and Definition of

gem•i•na•tion

Pronunciation: ( jem"u-nā'shun), [key]
— n.
  1. a doubling; duplication; repetition.
  2. the doubling of a consonantal sound.
  3. the immediate repetition of a word, phrase, etc., for rhetorical effect.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
geminate Gemini
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