Meaning: understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary) Examples: saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes Synonyms: litotes,meiosis
Meaning: (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms Examples: the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants) Synonyms: meiosis,miosis,reduction_division
