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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun has 2 senses
- meiosis(n = noun.process) miosis, reduction division - (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);
- meiosis(n = noun.communication) litotes - 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"
Derived form adjective meiotic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
, n. Array
- Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is; understatement; see also
litotes . [1913 Webster] - The cellular process by which a diploid progenitor cell forms haploid gametes, including a division of one diploid cell into two cells, each with one of the homologous sets of chromosomes. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
, n.
1 Biol. a type of cell division that results in daughter cells with half the chromosome number of the parent cell (cf. MITOSIS).
2 = LITOTES.
1 Biol. a type of cell division that results in daughter cells with half the chromosome number of the parent cell (cf. MITOSIS).
2 = LITOTES.
Derivative
meiotic adj. meiotically adv.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk meiosis f. meioo lessen f. meion less
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