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English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: twin kembar, sebandung
English → English (WordNet) Definition: twin twin adj 1: being two identical [syn: duplicate, matching, twin(a), twinned] 2: very similar [syn: siamese] [also: twinning, twinned] twin 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] twin 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] [also: twinning, twinned]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Twin Twin \Twin\, v. i. To depart from a place or thing. [Obs.] “Ere that we farther twin.” --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Twin \Twin\, 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing the relation of a twin to something else; -- often followed by to or with. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. (Bot.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts. [1913 Webster] 4. (Crystallog.) Composed of parts united according to some definite law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4. [1913 Webster] 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 (Linn[ae]a 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. [1913 Webster] 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] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. (Astron.) A sign and constellation of the zodiac; Gemini. See Gemini. [1913 Webster] 3. A person or thing that closely resembles another. [1913 Webster] 4. (Crystallog.) A compound crystal composed of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Twin \Twin\, v. t. 1. To cause to be twins, or like twins in any way. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Still we moved Together, twinned, as horse's ear and eye. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. To separate into two parts; to part; to divide; hence, to remove; also, to strip; to rob. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The life out of her body for to twin. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

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