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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



... Jeff cried sharply. "It's my love for that other half of me that's talking. That merry bit of a—twin." ...
— The Forfeit • Ridgwell Cullum
... and Betty, as they were called in their home,—twin daughters of Dr. Burnett, were seventeen years old, and the eldest of a large family. The father, a great-hearted man, devoted to his noble profession, and generous of himself, his time, and money, had little ...
— Barbara's Heritage - Young Americans Among the Old Italian Masters • Deristhe L. Hoyt
... mornin' I want you to get out an' nail that lie that Donna Corblay kissed the feller that saved her from them tramps last night. It's a lie, Mrs. Pennycook. I was there, an' I know. I ordered O'Rourke out o' town for circulatin' that yarn. Suppose this town knew your twin brother was a murderer an' a highwayman? Would ...
— The Long Chance • Peter B. Kyne
... in the least drowsy. She had only remained still, to avoid being talked to. As soon as her attendants had withdrawn, she opened her eyes, and, turning toward the babes, she gazed upon them for a long time. There they lay side by side, like twin kittens. But ah! thought she, how different is their destiny! One is born to be cherished and waited upon all his days, the other is an outcast and a slave. My poor fatherless babe! He wouldn't manumit us. It was ...
— A Romance of the Republic • Lydia Maria Francis Child
... to their bunks. The curiosity of the passengers and crew of the Sylvania was equal to my own. The party from the cabin rushed on board of the Wetumpka as soon as they found she was alongside, and we all went into an examination of her. She was a "twin boat:" that is, she had two hulls, like a "catamaran." They were flat-bottomed, so as to draw but little water. On these two hulls were laid a platform, which came to a point at the bow, and projected some distance forward of the stems of the two boats. ...
— Down South - or, Yacht Adventure in Florida • Oliver Optic


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