meiosis
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 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)
Types & categories
- cell division hypernym
- nondisjunction hyponym
Parts & wholes
- anaphase part meronym
- cytokinesis part meronym
- karyokinesis part meronym
- metaphase part meronym
- prophase part meronym
- segregation part meronym
- telophase part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 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
Types & categories
- understatement hypernym
- rhetorical device hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | meiotic |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | genetics |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | anaphase |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | cytokinesis |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | karyokinesis |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | metaphase |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | prophase |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | segregation |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | telophase |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | cell division |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nondisjunction |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | understatement |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rhetorical device |