transcription, транскрипция: [ mī-ˈō-səs ]
noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek meiōsis diminution, from meioun to diminish, from meiōn less; akin to Sanskrit mīyate he diminishes
Date: 1550
1. : the presentation of a thing with underemphasis especially in order to achieve a greater effect : understatement
2. : the cellular process that results in the number of chromosomes in gamete-producing cells being reduced to one half and that involves a reduction division in which one of each pair of homologous chromosomes passes to each daughter cell and a mitotic division — compare mitosis
• mei·ot·ic mī-ˈä-tik adjective
• mei·ot·i·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb