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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Twin \Twin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twinned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Twinning}.]
     1. To bring forth twins. --Tusser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To be born at the same birth. --Shak.


        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Twinning \Twin"ning\, n. (Crystallog.)
     The assemblage of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals,
     in reversed position with reference to each other in
     accordance with some definite law; also, rarely, in
     artificial twinning (accomplished for example by pressure),
     the process by which this reversal is brought about.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Polysynthetic twinning}, repeated twinning of crystal
        lamellae, as that of the triclinic feldspars.
  
     {Repeated twinning}, twinning of more than two crystals, or
        parts of crystals.
  
     {Twinning axis}, {Twinning plane}. See the Note under {Twin},
        n.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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 from the same
            pregnancy
       2: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun in in Gemini
          [syn: {Gemini}]
       3: a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho [syn: {Twin
          Falls}]
       4: 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"; "Matchmaker, can you match my
          daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired
          with a partner for collaboration on the project" [syn: {match},
           {mate}, {couple}, {pair}]
       3: grow as twins; "twin crystals"
       4: give birth to twins
       [also: {twinning}, {twinned}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  twinning
       adj : producing two offspring at a time [syn: {biparous}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  twinning
       See {twin}

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  twinning
       
           Keeping a {mirror} of a {magnetic tape}.
       
          (1997-07-18)
       
       

















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