gemination

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A doubling.

   bilateral gemination of the maxillary central incisors

2. noun The phenomenon of a consonant being pronounced for an audibly longer period of time than is normal; an instance of such lengthened pronunciation.

Similar words

doubler twinling biplicity twofoldness gemelle diplogenesis twofoldedness quadruplation reduplication duplicature

Often followed by

of in and is or as rule before has

Word family

geminate geminated geminates geminating geminations