GEMINATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something
   Synonym(s)
   • duplication (what does duplication mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • this kind of duplication is wasteful
   Hypernyms(s) gemination is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • copying (what does copying mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • duplicate (what does duplicate mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect)
   Hypernyms(s) gemination is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • repetition (what does repetition mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • geminate (what does geminate mean?)