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Twin   /twɪn/   Listen
noun
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.) A sign and constellation of the zodiac; Gemini. See Gemini.
3.
A person or thing that closely resembles another.
4.
(Crystallog.) 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 180° 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.


adjective
Twin  adj.  
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 in the relation of a twin to something else; often followed by to or with.
3.
(Bot.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts.
4.
(Crystallog.) 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 (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.


verb
Twin  v. t.  
1.
To cause to be twins, or like twins in any way. "Still we moved Together, twinned, as horse's ear and eye."
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."


Twin  v. i.  (past & past part. twinned; pres. part. twinning)  
1.
To bring forth twins.
2.
To be born at the same birth.


Twin  v. i.  To depart from a place or thing. (Obs.) "Ere that we farther twin."





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"Twin" Quotes from Famous Books



... two sets of medallions with twin profiles distinct, one head slightly higher, bent forward a little—the four figures of four slight, rather fragile taller children, are outlined with sharp white contour against ...
— Hymen • Hilda Doolittle
... me, with An-ina, and Marcel, and maybe Julyman and Oolak again, and I'm going to work this thing for the rest of my life for—Marcel. It's his, all of it. And what's left over is for the suffering humanity you're thinking about. See, here, Doc, you and me, we aren't any sort of twin brothers of friends. We haven't been raised together. I hadn't a notion of you till I took charge of this station. But I know a man—a real man. And if you've the guts I reckon you have, then you'll help me to do the thing that's going to shut the gates of the hell ...
— The Heart of Unaga • Ridgwell Cullum
... of our arrival there was fine air and fair weather, but not a clear sky. The distance was hazy, but the outlines were preserved. We could see White Top, in Virginia; Grandfather Mountain, a long serrated range; the twin towers of Linville; and the entire range of the Black Mountains, rising from the valley, and apparently lower than we were. They get the name of Black from the balsams which ...
— Baddeck and That Sort of Thing • Charles Dudley Warner
... friend John, as often happens in America, is moving in the same social circle with Philip, visiting the same people,—his house is the twin of the one Philip has been furnishing, and how shall he, with a few hundred dollars, make his rooms even presentable beside those which Philip has fitted up elegantly ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 78, April, 1864 • Various
... be lazy or turn gambler." Very likely. The son of a man like Girard, who was virtuous without being able to make virtue engaging, whose mind was strong but rigid and ill-furnished, commanding but uninstructive, is likely to have a barren mind and rampant desires, the twin causes of debauchery. His decided inclination was to leave the bulk of his property for the endowment of an institution of some kind for the benefit of Philadelphia. The only question was, what kind of institution ...
— Famous Americans of Recent Times • James Parton


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