meiosis has definitions from the fields of rhetoric,biology,genetics
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[ 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)
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[ noun ] (rhetoric) understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)

Synonyms

litotes

Examples

"saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes"

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