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meiosis
(encz) | meiosis,meióza n: Zdeněk Brož |
meiosis
(encz) | meiosis,mióza n: Zdeněk Brož |
meiosis
(encz) | meiosis,redukční dělení buněk Zdeněk Brož |
Meiosis
(gcide) | Meiosis \Mei*o"sis\ (m[-i]*[=o]"s[i^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
mei`wsis, fr. meioy^n to make smaller, from mei`wn. See
Meionite.]
1. (Rhet.) Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a
thing as being less than it really is; understatement; see
also litotes.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. (Cell Biology) 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] |
meiosis
(wn) | meiosis
n 1: (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) [syn:
meiosis, miosis, reduction division]
2: 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" [syn: litotes, meiosis] |
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Meiosis
(gcide) | Meiosis \Mei*o"sis\ (m[-i]*[=o]"s[i^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
mei`wsis, fr. meioy^n to make smaller, from mei`wn. See
Meionite.]
1. (Rhet.) Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a
thing as being less than it really is; understatement; see
also litotes.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. (Cell Biology) 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] |
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