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- Twinning - n. - The assemblage of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other in accordance with some definite law; also, rarely, in artificial twinning (accomplished for example by pressure), the process by which this reversal is brought about.
- Twinning - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Twin
- Parting - n. - Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.
- Twining - a. - Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant.
- Mimical - a. - Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; -- applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.