单词 | twinning |
释义 | twinningn.1 Obsolete exc. Scottish. The action of twin v.1; parting, separation. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] asunderingeOE sheddingc1175 twinning?c1225 departingc1300 sunderinga1325 to-dighting1340 partingc1350 disseverancec1374 divisionc1374 severinga1382 departitionc1400 separation1413 sunderance1435 departisonc1440 deceperationa1450 severance1467 dissevering1488 dissever?1507 departurec1515 dividing1526 partition1530 sejunction1532 separatinga1557 sequestration1567 decision1574 divorce1593 disseveration16.. dissevermenta1603 sunderment1603 disparting1611 disunition1611 singling1625 divide1642 severation1649 concisure1656 department1677 secretion1696 abgregation1730 disengagement1791 disassociation1825 dispartment1869 dissociation1877 secernment1894 breakaway1897 delinkage1973 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 291 Þe saule luueð þelicome..& þet is edsene iþe twinnunge. c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 1303 Þe twynnynge of vs twayne Wol vs dishese and cruwellyche anoye. c1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 58 Cleuyng or twynnyng, þat is called rixis. 1591 R. Bruce Serm. Edinb. iii. sig. F7v Death is a violent twinning and rugging syndrie, of..the soule and the bodie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). twinningn.2 The action of twin v.2 1. Production of two children or young at a birth; bearing of twins. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > childbirth or delivery > multiple birth twinning1573 twin-birth1807 multiple birth1826 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > offspring > multiple offspring: twins > production of twinning1573 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 34v Eaws yerely by twinning, rich masters do make. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 234 In Congruous Twinning or ordinary twin cases, in which there is no disparity of size between the two. 1883 Duncan in Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 497 In the mare, twinning is a far rarer event than in woman and the cow. 2. a. Coupling, close union or combination; spec. in Crystallography the union of two crystals so as to form a twin crystal (see twin n. 3b). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystal types > [noun] > composite crystals > twin > formation of twinninga1824 a1824 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVI. 364/2 Twinning on an octahedral face is seen in the apposition twin of Spinel. 1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks x. 87 This twinning is frequently..many times repeated in the felspars. 1898 Naturalist 176 A zonal structure as well as twinning—both on the pericline and albite plans. b. The linking (of two towns or of one town with another) for the purpose of friendship and cultural exchange. Cf. twinned adj. 2c.Occasionally (as in quot. 1975) used of similar links between institutions such as schools. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > [noun] > linking for cultural exchange twinning1956 town twinning1957 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > linking towns or cities for cultural exchange twinning1956 1956 Harrogate Advertiser 9 June 8/3 French week celebrates the town's pioneer contribution to Le Monde Bilingue in its ‘twinning’ with Luchon, the spa town in the Pyrenees. 1962 Guardian 10 Mar. 16/3 The British Bi-Lingual Association..exists to promote the ‘twinning’ of towns in Britain with towns abroad. 1973 New Society 8 Feb. 284/2 Twinning [of towns]—a translation of the French term jumelage—became popular after the second world war, and reached a zenith of municipal goodwill in the late 1950s. 1975 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 12 Sept. 5/2 Students in Ontario and nine Caribbean countries and the Bahamas will have a chance to learn more about one another's lives through a new twinning program launched by the Ontario Ministry of Education. 1983 Listener 6 Jan. 4/1 There is the twinning of cities. CompoundsCategories » twinning-axis n. Crystallography = twin-axis n. at twin adj. and n. Compounds 5. Categories » twinning-law n. Crystallography = twin-law n. at twin adj. and n. Compounds 5. twinning-plane n. Crystallography = twin-plane n. at twin adj. and n. Compounds 5. ΚΠ 1883 Science 1 331/2 The twinning plane is parallel to the ortho-pinacoid. twinning-machine n. = twinning-saw n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > other types of cutting equipment > [noun] > others ripper1659 Mohock1721 pinking iron1761 stock knife1799 sapper1822 ice plough1830 race knife1832 dresser1860 race-tool1867 pen-maker1875 stone-cutter1875 twinning-machine1875 nail cutter1876 paper cutter1880 guillotine1883 miller1890 flaker1891 undercutter1891 race1904 lino-cutter1907 gang mower1917 go-devil1918 rotary cutter1936 stripping-bill1968 fragmentizer1972 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Twinning-machine, a machine for cutting two combs (twins) from the single piece... Twinning-saw. twinning-saw n. an apparatus for cutting two combs from a single piece of material. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). twinningadj. rare. That twins (see twin v.2); in quot. 1626, joining, becoming united. ΚΠ 1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xi. 218 Her twinning legs in timber meet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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