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Meaning of meiosis

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  meiosis
      n 1: (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) [syn:
           {meiosis}, {miosis}, {reduction division}]
      2: 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" [syn: {litotes}, {meiosis}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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