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geminate
[ verb jem-uh-neyt; adjective noun jem-uh-nit, -neyt ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to make or become doubled or paired.
adjective
- Also geminated. combined or arranged in pairs; twin; coupled.
noun
- Phonetics. a doubled consonant sound.
geminate
adjective
- combined in pairs; doubled
a geminate consonant
a geminate leaf
verb
- to arrange or be arranged in pairs
the ``t''s in ``fitted'' are geminated
Derived Forms
- ˈԲٱ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ··Բٱ· adverb
- ԴDz···Բٱ adjective noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of geminate1
Example Sentences
New research suggests this type of algae — called Didymosphenia geminate, or didymo — is a native species, but the environmental conditions that trigger its visible growth in rivers were previously rare or absent.
Mouth-spots two, or one, with a distinct construction; flagella symmetrically arranged; nucleus bilobed or geminate.
Rottboellia.Sessile spikelets geminate in all except the uppermost joints 26.
The cells upon which the ovicells are placed are always geminate, that is to say, have a smaller cell growing out from one side.
V. double, redouble, duplicate, reduplicate; geminate; repeat &c.
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