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gemini
/ˈdʒɛməˌnaɪ/
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What does gemini mean?
noun
- Someone who has the Gemini star sign.
proper noun
- A constellation of the zodiac traditionally taken to represent the pair of twins Castor and Pollux in Greek mythology. It contains the stars Castor, Pollux, and Alhena.
- The zodiac sign for the twins, ruled by Mercury and covering May 22 – June 21 (tropical astrology) or June 16 – July 15 (sidereal astrology).
More meanings (4)
proper noun
- The twin brothers Castor and Pollux together.
- (obsolete) Obsolete form of Yamuna (“a tributary of the Ganges”).
noun
- (obsolete) A pair of something.
interjection
- (obsolete) Obsolete form of jiminy (“an expression of mild surprise or annoyance”).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdʒɛməˌnaɪ/
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In this beautiful constellation we witness the reaction of Gemini, the closing scene in act II.
In the reduction nucleus of the gonotokonts the homologous chromosomes being near together need not seek out one another; they are ready to form gemini.
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Hem, hem, hem; here they are—here they go—all alive:—Aries, or the Ram; Taurus, or the Bull and Jimimi! here’s Gemini himself, or the Twins.
I have been content, sir, you should lay my countenance to pawn; I have grated upon my good friends for three reprieves for you and your coach-fellow Nym, or else you had looked through the grate like a gemini of baboons.