gemination

Noun
Synonyms: duplication

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect)Type of repetition
  2. the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something“this kind of duplication is wasteful”Synonyms: duplicationType of copying

Related words geminate verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Gem′i·na′tion noun

Origin: L. geminatio.

A doubling; duplication; repetition. rare Robert Boyle

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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