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meiosis
Overview of noun meiosis
The noun meiosis has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. meiosis, 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))
2. litotes, meiosis -- (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")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun meiosis
2 senses of meiosis
Sense 1
meiosis, miosis, reduction division
=> cell division, cellular division
=> organic process, biological process
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
litotes, meiosis
=> rhetorical device
=> device
=> expressive style, style
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> understatement
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun meiosis
1 of 2 senses of meiosis
Sense 1
meiosis, miosis, reduction division
=> nondisjunction
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun meiosis
2 senses of meiosis
Sense 1
meiosis, miosis, reduction division
=> cell division, cellular division
Sense 2
litotes, meiosis
=> rhetorical device
=> understatement
Antonyms of noun meiosis
Member Holonyms of noun meiosis
Substance Holonyms of noun meiosis
Part Holonyms of noun meiosis
Member Meronyms of noun meiosis
Substance Meronyms of noun meiosis
Part Meronyms of noun meiosis
1 of 2 senses of meiosis
Sense 1
meiosis, miosis, reduction division
HAS PART: anaphase
HAS PART: cytokinesis
HAS PART: karyokinesis
HAS PART: metaphase
HAS PART: prophase
HAS PART: segregation
HAS PART: telophase
Meronyms of noun meiosis
1 of 2 senses of meiosis
Sense 1
meiosis, miosis, reduction division
HAS PART: anaphase
HAS PART: cytokinesis
HAS PART: karyokinesis
HAS PART: metaphase
HAS PART: prophase
HAS PART: segregation
HAS PART: telophase
Holonyms of noun meiosis
Attributes of noun meiosis
Derived Forms of noun meiosis
1 of 2 senses of meiosis
Sense 1
meiosis, miosis, reduction division
RELATED TO>(adj) meiotic#1
=> meiotic
Domain of noun meiosis
1 of 2 senses of meiosis
Sense 1
meiosis, miosis, reduction division
TOPIC>(noun) genetics#1, genetic science#1
Domain Terms of noun meiosis
Familiarity of noun meiosis
meiosis used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun meiosis
2 senses of meiosis
Sense 1
meiosis, miosis, reduction division
> cell division, cellular division
=> amitosis
=> cleavage, segmentation
=> meiosis, miosis, reduction division
=> mitosis
Sense 2
litotes, meiosis
> rhetorical device
=> anacoluthia, anacoluthon
=> asyndeton
=> repetition
=> anastrophe, inversion
=> antiphrasis
=> antithesis
=> antinomasia
=> apophasis
=> aposiopesis
=> apostrophe
=> catachresis
=> chiasmus
=> climax
=> conversion
=> ecphonesis, exclamation
=> emphasis
=> enallage
=> epanorthosis
=> epiplexis
=> hendiadys
=> hypallage
=> hyperbaton
=> hypozeugma
=> hypozeuxis
=> hysteron proteron
=> litotes, meiosis
=> onomatopoeia
=> paralepsis, paraleipsis, paralipsis, preterition
=> paregmenon
=> polysyndeton
=> prolepsis
=> wellerism
=> trope, figure of speech, figure, image
> understatement
=> litotes, meiosis
Meronyms of noun meiosis
2 senses of meiosis
Sense 1
meiosis, miosis, reduction division
HAS PART: anaphase
HAS PART: cytokinesis
HAS PART: karyokinesis
HAS PART: metaphase
HAS PART: prophase
HAS PART: diakinesis
HAS PART: diplotene
HAS PART: crossing over, crossover
HAS PART: leptotene
HAS PART: synapsis
HAS PART: pachytene
HAS PART: synizesis, synezesis
HAS PART: zygotene
HAS PART: segregation
HAS PART: telophase
Holonyms of noun meiosis
Grep of noun meiosis
meiosis
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