twin

  • 11Twin — 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] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 12Twin — Twin. См. Двойник. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …

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  • 13Twin — Twin, 1) (Dwin), Stadt in Armenien, südöstlich von Eriwan. Die Stadt entstand aus einem Sommerpalast, welchen sich im 4. Jahrh. König Khosroes II. dort erbaute; bald machte er den Ort zur Residenz, welche auch seine Nachfolger beibehielten,… …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 14twin — index alter ego, correlate, counterpart (parallel), duplicate, identical, same, similar Burton s Legal Thesaur …

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  • 15TWIN — City Bancorp, Inc. (Business » NASDAQ Symbols) …

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  • 16twin — (adj.) O.E. twinn consisting of two, twofold, double, probably ultimately from P.Gmc. *twinjaz (Cf. O.N. tvinnr, O.Dan. tvinling, Du. tweeling, Ger. zwillung), from PIE *dwisno (Cf. L. bini two each, Lith. dvynu twins ), from *dwi …

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  • 17twin — ► NOUN 1) one of two children or animals born at the same birth. 2) something containing or consisting of two matching or corresponding parts. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ forming or being one of a pair of twins or matching things. ► VERB (twinned, twinning) 1) …

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  • 18twin|er — «TWY nuhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that twines. 2. a twining plant …

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  • 19Twin — Monozygotic ( identical ) twins A twin is one of two offspring produced in the same pregnancy.[1] Twins can either be monozygotic (in common parlance, identical ), meaning that they develop from one zygote that splits and forms two embryos, or… …

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  • 20twin — twin1 [twın] n one of two children born at the same time to the same mother ▪ The twins are now eight months old. →↑identical twin, ↑Siamese twin twin 2 twin2 adj [only before noun] [: Old English; Origin: twinn double ] …

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