degemination

English

Etymology

de- +‎ gemination

Noun

degemination (countable and uncountable, plural degeminations)

  1. (phonetics, uncountable) The inverse process of gemination, when a spoken long consonant is pronounced for an audibly shorter period.
  2. (countable) A particular instance of such change.
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