1. A doubled or long consonant
   "the ‘n’ in ‘thinness’ is a geminate"

1. (linguistics) form by reduplication
   "The consonant geminates after a short vowel";
   - reduplicate
    
2. Occur in pairs
   "The chromosomes geminate during cell division";
   - pair
    
3. Arrange in pairs
   "The teacher geminated the students for the project";
   - pair
    
4. Arrange or combine in pairs
   "The consonants are geminated in these words"

Derived forms: geminates, geminated, geminating

Type of: arrange, consonant, double, duplicate, occur, reduplicate, repeat, replicate, set up

Encyclopedia: Geminate