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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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