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gemination|dʒɛmɪˈneɪʃən|
[ad. L. geminātiōn-em, n. of action f. gemināre to double.]
1. A doubling, duplication, repetition.
1597Bacon Coulers Good & Evill viii. (Arb.) 149 If the euill bee in the sence and in the conscience both, there is a gemination of it. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xv. 140 Men..admit a gemination of principall parts, which is not naturally discovered in any animall. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. ix. §61 This was conceived..a necessary gemination of a duty in that seditious age. 1700Bp. Patrick Comm. Deut. xxxii. 5 There being a gemination..of a syllable in the latter of these two words. 1895Century Mag. July 457/1 The ‘gemination’ of the canals [on Mars] has been observed at Mount Hamilton.
b. Of teeth: (See quot. 1878).
1859J. Tomes Dental Surg. 241 A union or gemination of contiguous teeth. 1878T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 562 Gemination, or the union of contiguous teeth, due to the fusion of their pulps.
†2. Rhet. The immediate repetition of a word or phrase, or the using of a pair of synonymous expressions, for the purpose of rhetorical effect. Obs.
1650Fuller Pisgah iii. xii. 345 First putting forth his hand, My God; yea both his hands, My God, my God, claiming by that gemination a double interest in Gods fatherly affection. 1661Boyle Style of Script. (1675) 90 In all languages there are some customary geminations and expressions, which..are..oftentimes emphatical. 1666J. Smith Old Age (1676) 14 Here are two expressions that intimate unto us the unavoidable approach of these decrepit yeares, i.e. come and draw nigh; of which gemination, signifying the same thing, I may well say [etc.].
3. Gram.
a. The doubling of an originally single consonant sound.
b. The doubling of a letter in the orthography of a word.
1875P. Le P. Renouf Egypt. Gram. 8 The gemination of the letters is not expressed in writing. 1877March Comp. Gram. Anglo-Saxon 16 Gemination is the doubling of a consonant..A real gemination can not occur at the beginning or at the end of a word..nor is it easy after a long vowel. |