Lexic.us

Definition of Twin

1. Adjective. Being two identical.

2. Verb. Duplicate or match. "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"

3. Noun. Either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy.

4. Verb. Bring two objects, ideas, or people together. "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"

5. Noun. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Gemini.

6. Verb. Grow as twins. "Twin crystals"

7. Noun. A waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho.

8. Verb. Give birth to twins.

9. Noun. A duplicate copy.

Definition of Twin

1. a. Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister.

2. n. 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.

3. v. i. To bring forth twins.

4. v. t. To cause to be twins, or like twins in any way.

5. v. i. To depart from a place or thing.

Definition of Twin

1. Noun. 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. ¹

2. Noun. Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc. ¹

3. Noun. A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room ¹

4. Noun. (American English) A twin size mattress or a bed designed for such a mattress. ¹

5. Noun. A twin crystal. ¹

6. Noun. (context: modifier) Forming a pair of twins. ¹

7. Noun. (context: modifier) Forming a matched pair. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive obsolete except Scotland) To separate, divide. ¹

9. Verb. (intransitive obsolete except Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart. ¹

10. Verb. (context: usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries). ¹

11. Verb. (intransitive) To give birth to twins. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Twin

1. to bring together in close association [v TWINNED, TWINNING, TWINS]

Medical Definition of Twin

1. 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. 3. Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts. 4. Composed of parts united according to some definite law of twinning. See Twin. Twin boat, or Twin ship, a vessel whose deck and upper works rest on two parallel hulls. Twin crystal. See Twin. Twin flower, 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. Origin: 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. 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. A sign and constellation of the zodiac; Gemini. See Gemini. 3. A person or thing that closely resembles another. 4. A compound crystal composed of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Twin

twilitten twill twill weave twilled twillies twilling twillings twills twilly twilt

twilted twilting twilts twimmolation twimmolations twin (current term) twin(a) twin- twin-aisle airplane twin-bedded

twin-cam twin-clutch gearbox twin-engine twin-engined twin-prop twin-propeller-plane twin-size twin-twin transfusion twin bed twin beds

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