English noun: gemination | |||
| 1. | gemination (communication) the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | repetition | ||
| 2. | gemination (act) the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something | ||
| Samples | This kind of duplication is wasteful. | ||
| Synonyms | duplication | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | copying | ||