twin
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
twin
adj 1: being two identical [syn: {duplicate}, {matching},
{twin(a)}, {twinned}]
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 is in Gemini
[syn: {Gemini}, {Twin}]
3: a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho [syn:
{Twin}, {Twin Falls}]
4: a duplicate copy [syn: {counterpart}, {similitude}, {twin}]
v 1: duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face
and chest in reverse" [syn: {twin}, {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}, {twin}]
3: grow as twins; "twin crystals"
4: give birth to twins
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Twin \Twin\, v. t.
1. To cause to be twins, or like twins in any way. --Shak.
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Still we moved
Together, twinned, as horse's ear and eye.
--Tennyson.
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2. To separate into two parts; to part; to divide; hence, to
remove; also, to strip; to rob. [Obs.]
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The life out of her body for to twin. --Chaucer.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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2. pl. (Astron.) A sign and constellation of the zodiac;
Gemini. See {Gemini}.
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3. A person or thing that closely resembles another.
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4. (Crystallog.) A compound crystal composed of two or more
crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with
reference to each other.
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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.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Twin \Twin\ (tw[i^]n), 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.
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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. --Shak.
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3. (Bot.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding
parts.
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4. (Crystallog.) Composed of parts united according to some
definite law of twinning. See {Twin}, n., 4.
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{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.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
190 Moby Thesaurus words for "twin":
Doppelganger, Janus-like, accessory, accompanying, actual thing,
alike, all one, all the same, ally, alter ego, ambidextrous,
analogon, analogous, analogue, associate, associated, attendant,
attending, bifacial, bifold, biform, bifurcated, bilateral, binary,
binate, biparous, bipartisan, bipartite, bivalent, brother,
carbon copy, clone, close copy, close match, coequal, cognate,
coincident, collateral, combine, combined, companion, comparable,
compeer, complement, concomitant, concurrent, conduplicate,
congenator, congener, conjoint, connect, consubstantial,
coordinate, copy, correlate, correlative, correspondent,
corresponding, counterpart, couple, coupled, dead ringer,
dichotomous, disomatous, ditto, double, double-faced, duadic, dual,
dualistic, dupe, duple, duplex, duplicate, duplicated, dyadic,
effigy, equal, equipollent, equivalent, exact counterpart,
exact likeness, exactly alike, facsimile, fellow, geminate,
geminated, homograph, homonym, homoousian, homophone, icon, idem,
identic, identical, identical same, idol, image, indistinguishable,
ingeminate, join, joined, joint, just alike, kindred spirit, like,
likeness, link, living image, living picture, match, matched,
matching, mate, miniature, mirroring, model, multiply by two,
mutual, near duplicate, no other, none other, obverse, of a kind,
of a piece, of a size, one, opposite number, pair, paired,
parallel, paralleling, peer, pendant, photograph, picture,
portrait, reciprocal, redouble, reduplicate, reflection, repeat,
replica, replicate, reproduce, resemblance, ringer, rival, rubbing,
same, second, second self, secondary, selfsame, semblance, shadow,
similar, similitude, simulacrum, simultaneous, sister, soul mate,
spit and image, spitting image, such, suchlike, synonym, tally,
the like of, the likes of, the same, the same difference, trace,
tracing, twain, twinned, two, two-faced, two-level, two-ply,
two-sided, two-story, twofold, undifferent, very image,
very picture, very same, without difference, without distinction,
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