meiosis

[Mei*o·sis]

The form of cell division that creates gametes, or sex cells (eggs or sperm) is called meiosis. It is a special form of reproduction that results in four next generation cells, rather than just two, from each cell.

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Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is.

Noun
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"

Noun
(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)


n.
Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is.


Meiosis

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.

Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is.

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