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


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

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.0.44 : [ 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
        lamell[ae], 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
     Polysynthetic twinning, repeated twinning of crystal
        lamell[ae], 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.

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 English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  twinning
     a.
     biparous
     n.
     1 action of the verb ''to twin''
     2 giving birth to twins
     3 the pairing of similar objects (such as towns)
     4 (lb en crystallography) the formation of twin crystals
     5 (lb en transport) the conversion of a road into a dual carriageway
     vb.
     (present participle of en twin nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  twinning
     a.
     biparous
     n.
     1 action of the verb ''to twin''
     2 giving birth to twins
     3 the pairing of similar objects (such as towns)
     4 (lb en crystallography) the formation of twin crystals
     5 (lb en transport) the conversion of a road into a dual carriageway
     vb.
     (present participle of en twin nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  twinning
     a.
     biparous
     n.
     1 action of the verb ''to twin''
     2 giving birth to twins
     3 the pairing of similar objects (such as towns)
     4 (lb en crystallography) the formation of twin crystals
     5 (lb en transport) the conversion of a road into a dual carriageway
     vb.
     (present participle of en twin nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  twinning
     a.
     biparous
     n.
     1 action of the verb ''to twin''
     2 giving birth to twins
     3 the pairing of similar objects (such as towns)
     4 (lb en crystallography) the formation of twin crystals
     5 (lb en transport) the conversion of a road into a dual carriageway
     vb.
     (present participle of en twin nocat=1)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Twinning /twˈɪnɪŋ/
  ولادة توأمين

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  twinning /twˈɪnɪŋ/ 
  zdvojování