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Definition of Twinnings
1. twinning [n] - See also: twinning
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twinnings
Literary usage of Twinnings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Baltimore Lectures on Molecular Dynamics and the Wave Theory of Light by William Thomson Kelvin (1904)
"... from the watery solution by the ordinary process of slow evaporation and
crystallization show twinnings and counter- twinnings at irregular intervals in ..."
2. The Metallography and Heat Treatment of Iron and Steel by Albert Sauveur (1918)
"Twinnings and Neumann Lines. — It has been already stated that according to Osmond
and Cartaud twin crystals frequently occur in gamma iron. ..."
3. The Molecular Tactics of a Crystal by William Thomson Kelvin (1894)
"Disturbances such as these occurring irregularly during the growth of a crystal,
might produce a large number of successive twinnings at parallel planes ..."
4. The Metallography of Iron and Steel by Albert Sauveur (1912)
"Twinnings are also produced through pressure or other stress tending to ...
In Figures 9, 10, and 11 are shown twinnings respectively in marble (due to ..."
5. Canada by OECD Staff, Oecd (1998)
"The familiarisation visits as part of this project have led to a number of "twinnings"
of South African and Canadian provinces. Initially, short visits to ..."
6. The Iron and Steel Magazine by Albert Sauveur (1901)
"Gamwa-iron includes pieces of true crystals with numerous twinnings, while
Beta-iron takes the shape of pseudo-crystals without twinnings, approaching, ..."
7. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters (1893)
"... and an neck of upland between it on the west side of William Twinnings all
his abovesaid land and meadow I give to my son Joseph ..."
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