meiosis, n.
(meioses)
(meioses)
understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
<noun.communication>
litotes meiosis
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"saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes"
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(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)
<noun.process>
meiosis miosis reduction division
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