About The Word Twinning
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Twinning
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What's The Definition Of Twinning?
[adj] producing two offspring at a time
Synonyms | Synonyms for Twinning: biparous | multiparous Related Terms | Find terms related to Twinning: See Also | Twinning In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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