Noun: gemination ,je-mu'ney-shun
- The doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect)
"The poet used gemination in the line 'Alone, alone, all, all alone'"
- The act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something
"this kind of gemination is wasteful";
- duplication
Derived forms: geminations
Type of: copying, repetition
Encyclopedia: Gemination