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Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to: In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so; In engineering and manufacturing, the creation of a digital twin or the synching of such twins; Twinning (cooperation) Afri Twin, an exchange partnership between schools in the United Kingdom and ...
The human twin birth rate in the United States rose 76% from 1980 through 2009, from 9.4 to 16.7 twin sets (18.8 to 33.3 twins) per 1,000 births. [5] The Yoruba people have the highest rate of twinning in the world, at 45–50 twin sets (90–100 twins) per 1,000 live births, [6] [7] [8] possibly because of high consumption of a specific type of yam containing a natural phytoestrogen which may ...
Twinning is crystallographically defined by its twin plane ðē ð, the mirror plane in the twin and parent material, and ðž ð, which is the twinning shear direction. Deformation twins in Zr are generally lenticular in shape, lengthening in the ðž ð direction and thickening along the ðē ð plane normal.
Homopaternal superfecundation is fertilization of two separate ova from the same father, leading to fraternal twins, [3] while heteropaternal superfecundation is a form of atypical twinning where, genetically, the twins are half siblings – sharing the same mother, but with different fathers.
Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in a specific dialect ("correct" or "standard" pronunciation) or simply the way a particular individual speaks a word or language.
Any twinning arrangement should be listed at two locations in the list: once for each of the towns involved in the arrangement. Due to the extreme size of this list and for ease of navigation, the list is divided into separate lists by continent, which are then organized by country.
In phonetics and phonology, gemination (/ Ë dĘ É m ÉŠ Ë n eÉŠ Ę Én / â; from Latin geminatio 'doubling', itself from gemini 'twins' [1]), or consonant lengthening, is an articulation of a consonant for a longer period of time than that of a singleton consonant. [2]
[3] The name derives from the Old English for "between the rivers"; [4] despite its spelling, it is pronounced "twinning". The parish forms a land 'isthmus' into the county of Worcestershire . The village is divided into two main parts, the older "Churchend", and "Twyning Green".