n.
- one of two children or animals born at the same birth.
- something containing or consisting of two matching or corresponding parts.
adj.
- forming or being one of a twin.
- forming a matching or closely connected pair.
- (of a crystal) twinned.
v.
(twins, twinning, twinned)
- link; combine.
▸Brit. link (a town or district) with another in a different country, for the purposes of cultural exchange.
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[as adj. twinned]
(of a crystal) that is a composite consisting of two (or more) parts which are reversed in orientation with respect to each other.
Derivative
Etymology
OE twinn ‘double’, from twi- ‘two’; rel. to ON tvinnr.