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twinning
[ twin-ing ]
noun
- the bearing of two children at one birth.
- the coupling of two persons or things; union.
- Crystallography. the union of crystals to form a twin.
- an act or instance of matching or resembling someone or something in a specific way, and the acknowledgment of this resemblance (often used attributively): I love those twinning outfits.
accidental twinning;
I love those twinning outfits.
Look at their twinning duckfaces.
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In families where twinning is frequent, bodily deformities likewise occur with frequency.
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This twinning may be produced by pressure acting either during the crystallization of the rock or at a later period.
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The plate of material is rather wider than before, and is formed into two combs simultaneously, by the aid of a twinning machine.
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The second method, known as “twinning” or “parting,” avoids this loss and is also more rapid.
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The repeated twinning gives rise to twin-lamellae, which may be detected on the fractured surfaces, even of the massive material.
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