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twinning

verb as in pair

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Despite humans’ age-old fascination with identical twins, the biological process that generates them, known as monozygotic twinning, “is an enigma,” says Jenny van Dongen, an epigeneticist at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

In families where twinning is frequent, bodily deformities likewise occur with frequency.

This twinning may be produced by pressure acting either during the crystallization of the rock or at a later period.

The plate of material is rather wider than before, and is formed into two combs simultaneously, by the aid of a twinning machine.

The second method, known as “twinning” or “parting,” avoids this loss and is also more rapid.

The repeated twinning gives rise to twin-lamellae, which may be detected on the fractured surfaces, even of the massive material.

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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to twinning, such as: combine, marry, mate, balance, bracket, and couple.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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