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   Twin

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   noun

   • 1. one of two children or animals born at the same birth: "experiments were carried out using sets of identical twins" Similar identical twinsnonidentical twinsfraternal twinsmonozygotic/monozygous twinsdizygotic/dizygous twinsSiamese twins
   • ▪ a person or thing that is exactly like another: "there was a bruise on his cheek, a twin to the one on mine" Similar exact likenessmirror imagedoubleduplicatecarbon copyreplica(living) imagelookalikeclonecounterpartmatchpairfellowmatepartnerDoppelgängerinformal:spitting imagespit and imageringerdead ringer
   • ▪ the zodiacal sign or constellation Gemini.
   • 2. something containing or consisting of two matching or corresponding parts.
   • ▪ a twin-bedded room: "the hotel has 54 rooms, of which 4 are twins"
   • ▪ a twin-engined aircraft.
   • ▪ a twinned crystal.

   adjective

   • 1. forming, or being one of, a pair born at one birth: "she gave birth to twin boys"
   • ▪ forming a matching, complementary, or closely connected pair: "the twin problems of economic failure and social disintegration" Similar matchingidenticalmatchedpairedclosely relatedclosely linkedclosely connectedcorrespondingparallelcomplementaryequivalenttwofolddoubledual
   • ▪ growing in pairs: "twin seed leaves"
   • ▪ (of a bedroom) containing two single beds: "we have twin and three-bedded rooms"
   • ▪ (of a crystal) twinned.

   verb

   • 1. link; combine: "the company twinned its core business of brewing with that of distilling"

   Word Origin late Old Englishtwinn ‘double’, from twi- ‘two’; related to Old Norse tvinnr. Current verb senses date from late Middle English.

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   to bring together in close relationship; pair; couple. to furnish a counterpart to or a replica of; match. Informal. to divide or convert into two, parts, similar items, etc.: The old movie palace will be twinned, making two smaller theaters.

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   A twin is one of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy, or one of two similar or identical people, animals, or things. Learn more about the different types of twins, the origin of the word, and the related terms and expressions.

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   When mammals have two babies at once, each of them is a twin. If you have a twin brother or sister, the two of you are always the same age. There are identical twins, who have the same DNA, and fraternal twins, who are more like two siblings who happen to be born at the same time.

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