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gemination

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宝石化,宝石学,宝玉石化,宝玉石

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a doubling; duplication; repetition.
    • : Phonetics. the doubling of a consonantal sound.
    • : Rhetoric. the immediate repetition of a word, phrase, etc., for rhetorical effect.

Examples

  • No wonder if St. John proposed them in this gemination to our second thoughts.

  • An important generic character consists in the gemination of the cell at each bifurcation.

  • Another point of difference from Catenicella is the non-gemination of the cell at the dichotomy of a branch.

  • Some roots are reduplicated wholly or in part with a frequentative meaning, and there are traces of gemination of radicals.