geminate

pronunciation

How to pronounce geminate in British English: UK [ˈdʒemɪneɪt]word uk audio image

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  • Noun:
    a doubled or long consonant
  • Verb:
    form by reduplication
    occur in pairs
    arrange in pairs
    arrange or combine in pairs

Word Origin

geminate (adj.)
"duplicated, found in pairs," early 15c., from Latin geminatus "twinned, equal," past participle of geminare "to double, repeat," related to geminus "twin, born together; paired, double," perhaps from PIE *yem- "to pair." As a verb, from 1630s. Related: Geminated; geminating; geminative.

Example

1. State adjectives of nouns as geminate roots .
2. Metal cleaning performance of geminate sulphonate surfactant was studied .
3. Dealing with rice seeds with different medicaments and streptomyces 702 fermentation liquid , measuring seed with fungi and geminate rate after stored them four monthes later .
4. Metal cleaning performance of geminate sulphonate surfactant .
5. Geminate species a little differentiated species evolved from a close common ancestor , a twin species .

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