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Look up: Twin

  1. Twin
    Twin is a township in Darke County Ohio, USA. Twin is a township in Preble County Ohio, USA. Twin is a township in Ross County Ohio, USA.
    Found on http://fas.org/news/reference/probert/GV

  2. Twin
    Twin refers to a mineral specimen comprised of two or more single crystals intergrown in a systematic arrangement.
    Found on http://fas.org/news/reference/probert/H3

  3. Twin
    [n] - either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy 2. [n] - a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho 3. [v] - duplicate or match 4. [v] - grow as twins, of crystals 5. [v] - give birth to twins
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Twin
    Two portions of a crystal with a definite orientation relationship; the orientation of one portion is a mirror image of the orientation of the other portion across a twinning plane or an orientation derived by rotating one portion about a twinning axis. See also: Crystal.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  5. Twin
    Twin: One of two children produced in the same pregnancy and born during the same birth process. Twins can develop from one ovum (egg) or from two ova (eggs): Twins from one ovum: Twins that develop from a single ovum are called monozygotic. They are said to identical twins and have identical genomes. Twins from two ova: Twins that develop from two …
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  6. twin
    room containing two single beds Category: General • aircraft,usually aeroplane,powered by two similar engines Category: Transport • a double crystal in which one part has a structure that is the mirror image of that in another,about a twin-plane boundary Category: Chemistry • twinning: a phenomenon in the formation of crystals whereby one crystal gives rise to t…
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  7. twin
    1. Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister. ... 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. ... 3. <botany> Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts. ... 4. <chemistry> Composed of parts united according to some …
    Found on http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?t

  8. Twin
    Twin Falls noun a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. twin
    noun either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. twin
    verb 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`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. Twin
    `Twins` are a form of multiple birth in which the mother gives birth to two offspring from the same pregnancy, either of the same or opposite sex. The general term for more than one offspring from the same pregnancy is `multiples`, for example triplets refers to cases of three offspring from the same pregnancy. A fetus alone in the womb is called a `singleton`. Human twins are two individuals who have shared the uterus during a single pregnancy...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin

  12. Twin
    `Twins` are a form of multiple birth in which the mother gives birth to two offspring from the same pregnancy, either of the same or opposite sex. The general term for more than one offspring from the same pregnancy is `multiples`, for example triplets refers to cases of three offspring from the same pregnancy. A fetus alone in the womb is called a `singleton`. Human twins are two individuals who have shared the uterus during a single pregnancy...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin

  13. twin
    (twin) one of two offspring produced in the same pregnancy, seen on the average of once in 86 births. Types include dizygotic or fraternal twins,monozygotic or identical twins, and conjoined twins. Twins. (A), The most common type of monozygotic twinning, with division of the inner cell ...
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  14. Twin
    • (a.) Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister. • (a.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts. • (v. i.) To be born at the same birth. • (v. i.) To depart from a place or thing. • (v. t.) To separate into two parts; to part; to divide; hence, to remove; also, to strip; to rob. &bull...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  15. twin
    either of two young who are simultaneously born from one mother. Twinning, common in many animals, is of two biological kinds: the one-egg ... [8 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/97

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9 January 2009

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In 1972 the Cunard ship the Queen Elizabeth started to burn and burned for 3 days. Queen Elizabeth was launched on September 27, 1938 and due to the war in Europe, her maiden voyage ended on 7 March 1940 with a surprise arrival in New York Harbor. During her war service she carried over 811,000 passengers and sailed over 500,000 miles. At 83,637 gross registered tons, she would be the largest passenger ship afloat for the next 34 years. read more

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