geminate

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> I pronounce "cycript" using a "geminate S" or "long S".

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Quick take

a doubled or long consonant; "the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate"

Meaning at a glance

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noun

a doubled or long consonant; "the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate"

verb

form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word"

verb

occur in pairs

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for geminate.

noun

a doubled or long consonant; "the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate"

verb

form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word"

verb

occur in pairs

verb

arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers"

verb

arrange or combine in pairs; "The consonants are geminated in these words"

Example sentences

> I pronounce "cycript" using a "geminate S" or "long S".

If I wanted to spend that kind of money, I'd go for the Jansport geminate bag.

Much depends on the types of seeds used, the conditions under which they geminate, and other factors.”That is really cool, but I immediately have a follow-up question: given that plants also rely on a healthy soil ecosystem, which means symbiotic bacteria, and that this plasma treatment definitely will kill any trace bacteria on the skins of these cells, has it been explored if this has any effect?Kind of like how you read all these stories of how the increase in C-sections results in a loss of transfer of healthy symbiotic bacteria from the mother to the child.