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单词 twinning
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twinningn.1

Brit. /ˈtwɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtwɪnɪŋ/
Etymology: < twin v.1 + -ing suffix1.
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

Etymology: < twin v.2 + -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtwinning.
The action of twin v.2
1. Production of two children or young at a birth; bearing of twins.
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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).
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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.
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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.

Compounds

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twinning-axis n. Crystallography = twin-axis n. at twin adj. and n. Compounds 5.
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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.
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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.

Etymology: < twin v.2 + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtwinning.
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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n.1?c1225n.21573adj.1626
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