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meiosis


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Meiosis  \Mei*o"sis\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?,  fr  ?  to  make  smaller, 
  from  ?.  See  {Meionite}.]  (Rhet.) 
  Diminution;  a  species  of  hyperbole,  representing  a  thing  as 
  being  less  than  it  really  is 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  meiosis 
  n  1:  cell  division  that  produces  reproductive  cells  in  sexually 
  reproducing  organisms;  the  nucleus  divides  into  four 
  nuclei  each  containing  half  the  chromosome  number 
  (leading  to  gametes  in  animals  and  spores  in  plants) 
  [syn:  {reduction  division}] 
  2:  understatement,  esp.  expressing  an  affirmative  by  negating 
  its  contrary  [syn:  {litotes}] 




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