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geminate

[ verb jem-uh-neyt; adjective noun jem-uh-nit, -neyt ]

verb (used with or without object)

geminated, geminating.
  1. to make or become doubled or paired.


adjective

  1. Also geminated. combined or arranged in pairs; twin; coupled.

noun

  1. Phonetics. a doubled consonant sound.

geminate

adjective

  1. combined in pairs; doubled

    a geminate consonant

    a geminate leaf

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to arrange or be arranged in pairs

    the ``t''s in ``fitted'' are geminated

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²µ±ð³¾¾±²Ô²¹³Ù±ð±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²µ±ð³¾Â·¾±Â·²Ô²¹³Ù±ð·±ô²â adverb
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ô·²µ±ð³¾Â·¾±Â·²Ô²¹³Ù±ð adjective noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of geminate1

1590–1600; < Latin ²µ±ð³¾¾±²ÔÄå³Ù³Ü²õ doubled (past participle of ²µ±ð³¾¾±²ÔÄå°ù±ð ), equivalent to gemin- double + -Äå³Ù³Ü²õ -ate 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of geminate1

C17: from Latin ²µ±ð³¾¾±²ÔÄå°ù±ð to double, from geminus born at the same time, twin
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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.

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Mouth-spots two, or one, with a distinct construction; flagella symmetrically arranged; nucleus bilobed or geminate.

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Rottboellia.Sessile spikelets geminate in all except the uppermost joints 26.

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The cells upon which the ovicells are placed are always geminate, that is to say, have a smaller cell growing out from one side.

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V. double, redouble, duplicate, reduplicate; geminate; repeat &c.

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