geminate
pronunciation
How to pronounce geminate in British English: UK [ˈdʒemɪneɪt]
How to pronounce geminate in American English: US [ˈdʒɛməˌnet]
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- Noun:
- a doubled or long consonant
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- 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 .