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English

Alternative spellings


Etymology

, earlier {{term|getwinn|ġetwinn|lang=ang}}, from .

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /twɪn/,

Noun

  1. Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
  2. Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.
  3. A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room


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Adjective

  1. Forming a pair of twins.
  2. : the twin boys
  3. Forming a matched pair.
  4. : twin socks


Translations

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  • Portuguese:

Verb

{{en-verb|twin|n|ing}}

  1. {{transitive|obsolete|_|except|Scotland}} To separate, divide.
  2. {{intransitive|obsolete|_|except|Scotland}} To split, part; to go away, depart.
  3. In the Context of To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries).
  4. : Placetown in England is twinned with Machinville in France.
  5. To give birth to twins.


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Twin \Twin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Twinned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Twinning.]
1. To bring forth twins. --Tusser.
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2. To be born at the same birth. --Shak.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Twin \Twin\, v. t.
1. To cause to be twins, or like twins in any way. --Shak.
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Still we moved
Together, twinned, as horse's ear and eye.
--Tennyson.
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2. To separate into two parts; to part; to divide; hence, to
remove; also, to strip; to rob. [Obs.]
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The life out of her body for to twin. --Chaucer.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Twin \Twin\, n.
1. One of two produced at a birth, especially by an animal
that ordinarily brings forth but one at a birth; -- used
chiefly in the plural, and applied to the young of beasts
as well as to human young.
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2. pl. (Astron.) A sign and constellation of the zodiac;
Gemini. See Gemini.
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3. A person or thing that closely resembles another.
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4. (Crystallog.) A compound crystal composed of two or more
crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with
reference to each other.
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Note: The relative position of the parts of a twin may be
explained by supposing one part to be revolved 180[deg]
about a certain axis (called the twinning axis), this
axis being normal to a plane (called the twinning
plane) which is usually one of the fundamental planes
of the crystal. This revolution brings the two parts
into parallel position, or vice versa. A contact twin
is one in which the parts are united by a plane
surface, called the composition face, which is usually
the same as the twinning plane. A penetration twin is
one in which the parts interpenetrate each other, often
very irregularly. Twins are also called, according to
form, cruciform, geniculated, etc.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Twin \Twin\, v. i.
To depart from a place or thing. [Obs.] "Ere that we farther
twin." --Chaucer.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Twin \Twin\ (tw[i^]n), a. [OE. twin double, AS. getwinne two and
two, pl., twins; akin to D. tweeling a twin, G. zwilling,
OHG. zwiniling, Icel. tvennr, tvinnr, two and two, twin, and
to AS. twi- two. See Twice, Two.]
1. Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or
sister.
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2. Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing
in the relation of a twin to something else; -- often
followed by to or with. --Shak.
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3. (Bot.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding
parts.
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4. (Crystallog.) Composed of parts united according to some
definite law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4.
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Twin boat, or Twin ship (Naut.), a vessel whose deck and
upper works rest on two parallel hulls.

Twin crystal. See Twin, n., 4.

Twin flower (Bot.), a delicate evergreen plant ({Linnaea
borealis}) of northern climates, which has pretty,
fragrant, pendulous flowers borne in pairs on a slender
stalk.

Twin-screw steamer, a steam vessel propelled by two screws,
one on either side of the plane of the keel.
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WordNet twin
adj 1: being two identical [syn: duplicate, matching, twin(a),
twinned]
2: very similar [syn: siamese]
n 1: either of two offspring born at the same time from the same
pregnancy
2: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun in in Gemini
[syn: Gemini]
3: a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho [syn: {Twin
Falls}]
4: a duplicate copy [syn: counterpart, similitude]
v 1: duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face
and chest in reverse" [syn: duplicate, parallel]
2: bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is
coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my
daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired
with a partner for collaboration on the project" [syn: match,
mate, couple, pair]
3: grow as twins; "twin crystals"
4: give birth to twins
[also: twinning, twinned]
Moby Dictionary
Doppelganger , Janus-like , accessory , accompanying , actual thing ,
alike , all one , all the same , ally , alter ego , ambidextrous ,
analogon , analogous , analogue , associate , associated , attendant ,
attending , bifacial , bifold , biform , bifurcated , bilateral , binary ,
binate , biparous , bipartisan , bipartite , bivalent , brother ,
carbon copy , clone , close copy , close match , coequal , cognate ,
coincident , collateral , combine , combined , companion , comparable ,
compeer , complement , concomitant , concurrent , conduplicate ,
congenator , congener , conjoint , connect , consubstantial ,
coordinate , copy , correlate , correlative , correspondent ,
corresponding , counterpart , couple , coupled , dead ringer ,
dichotomous , disomatous , ditto , double , double-faced , duadic , dual ,
dualistic , dupe , duple , duplex , duplicate , duplicated , dyadic ,
effigy , equal , equipollent , equivalent , exact counterpart ,
exact likeness , exactly alike , facsimile , fellow , geminate ,
geminated , homograph , homonym , homoousian , homophone , icon , idem ,
identic , identical , identical same , idol , image , indistinguishable ,
ingeminate , join , joined , joint , just alike , kindred spirit , like ,
likeness , link , living image , living picture , match , matched ,
matching , mate , miniature , mirroring , model , multiply by two ,
mutual , near duplicate , no other , none other , obverse , of a kind ,
of a piece , of a size , one , opposite number , pair , paired ,
parallel , paralleling , peer , pendant , photograph , picture ,
portrait , reciprocal , redouble , reduplicate , reflection , repeat ,
replica , replicate , reproduce , resemblance , ringer , rival , rubbing ,
same , second , second self , secondary , selfsame , semblance , shadow ,
similar , similitude , simulacrum , simultaneous , sister , soul mate ,
spit and image , spitting image , such , suchlike , synonym , tally ,
the like of , the likes of , the same , the same difference , trace ,
tracing , twain , twinned , two , two-faced , two-level , two-ply ,
two-sided , two-story , twofold , undifferent , very image ,
very picture , very same , without difference , without distinction ,
yoke


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