Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect);
2.
the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something;
- Example: "this kind of duplication is wasteful"[syn: duplication, gemination]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gemination \Gem`i*na"tion\, n. [L. geminatio.]
A doubling; duplication; repetition. [R.] --Boyle.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gemination
n 1: the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect)
2: the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of
something; "this kind of duplication is wasteful" [syn:
duplication, gemination]