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TWIN
duplicate, matching, twin, twinned
(adjective) being two identical
counterpart, similitude, twin
(noun) a duplicate copy
Twin, Twin Falls
(noun) a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho
Gemini, Twin
(noun) (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Gemini
twin
(noun) either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
twin
(verb) give birth to twins
twin
(verb) grow as twins; “twin crystals”
match, mate, couple, pair, twin
(verb) 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”
twin, duplicate, parallel
(verb) duplicate or match; “The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
twin (plural twins)
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.
Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.
A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room.
(US) A twin size mattress or a bed designed for such a mattress.
(crystallography) A twin crystal.
Synonyms
• twindle, twinling, doublet (in the sense of twins and triplets)
Verb
twin (third-person singular simple present twins, present participle twinning, simple past and past participle twinned)
(transitive, obsolete, outside, Scotland) To separate, divide.
(intransitive, obsolete, outside, Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart.
(usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries).
(intransitive) To be paired or suited.
(intransitive) To give birth to twins.
(intransitive, obsolete) To be born at the same birth.
Etymology 2
Adjective
twin (not comparable)
double; dual; occurring as a matching pair
forming a pair of twins.
Synonyms
• (forming a matched pair): twofold; see also dual
Anagrams
• Wint
Noun
Twin (plural Twins)
(baseball) A player who plays for the Minnesota Twins.
Anagrams
• Wint
Source: Wiktionary
Twin, a. Etym: [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.
2. Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing the relation of a twin to something else; -- often followed by to or with. Shak.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts.
4. (Crystallog.)
Definition: Composed of parts united according to some definite law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4. 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 (Linnæa 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.
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.
2. pl. (Astron.)
Definition: A sign and constellation of the zodiac; Gemini. See Gemini.
3. A person or thing that closely resembles another.
4. (Crystallog.)
Definition: A compound crystal composed of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other.
Note: The relative position of the parts of a twin may be explained by supposing one part to be revolved 180Âş 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.
Twin, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Twinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Twinning.]
1. To bring forth twins. Tusser.
2. To be born at the same birth. Shak.
Twin, v. t.
1. To cause to be twins, or like twins in any way. Shak. Still we moved Together, twinned, as horse's ear and eye. Tennyson.
2. To separate into two parts; to part; to divide; hence, to remove; also, to strip; to rob. [Obs.] The life out of her body for to twin. Chaucer.
Twin, v. i.
Definition: To depart from a place or thing. [Obs.] "Ere that we farther twin." Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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