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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Twin \Twin\, 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. 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.) 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 ({Linn[ae]a 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Twin \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Twin \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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[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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Twin \Twin\, v. i. To depart from a place or thing [Obs.] ``Ere that we farther twin.'' --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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 2: a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho [syn: {Twin}, {Twin Falls}] 3: 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" [syn: {match}, {mate}, {couple}, {pair}] 3: grow as twins, of crystals 4: give birth to twins
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