About The Word Meiosis
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Meiosis
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What's The Definition Of Meiosis?
[n] understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary); "saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes"
[n] (genetics) 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) Synonyms | Synonyms for Meiosis: litotes | miosis | reduction division Related Terms | Find terms related to Meiosis: See Also | anaphase | cell division | cellular division | karyokinesis | metaphase | nondisjunction | prophase | rhetorical device | segregation | telophase | understatement Meiosis In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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