/ri dooh'pli kay"sheuhn, -dyooh'-/ , n.
1. the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
2. something resulting from reduplicating.
3. Gram.
a. reduplicating as a grammatical pattern.
b. the added element in a reduplicated form.
c. a form containing a reduplicated element.
[ 1580-90; reduplication- (s. of reduplicatio ). See REDUPLICATE, -ION ]