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Geminite vs Geminate - What's the difference?

geminite | geminate |

As a noun geminite

is (mineral) a triclinic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen.

As an adjective geminate is

forming a pair.

As a verb geminate is

to arrange in pairs.

geminite

English

Noun

  • (mineral) A triclinic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen.

    • References

    * Geminite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Geminite.shtml]

    geminate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Forming a pair.
  • * 2008 , Sara Finley, Review of “The Representation and Processing of Compound Words”
    • For example, Martin (2007) notes that compounds in several languages (including English and Turkish) violate the general phonological principles in the language (e.g., English only allows geminate consonants in compounds).

    Verb

    (geminat)
  • To arrange in pairs.
  • To occur in pairs.

    • Derived terms

    * gemination

    Related terms

    * Gemini