• Degemination

    Origin

    - + gemination

    Full definition of degemination

    Noun

    degemination

    (countable and uncountable; plural degeminations)
    1. (phonetics, uncountable) inverse process of gemination, when a spoken long consonant is pronounced for an audibly shorter period
    2. (countable) a particular instance of such change
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