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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. [1913 Webster]
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]