twinnable

adj

twinnable

adj

Etymology From twin + -able.

1

Rare That can be twinned.

  • This is the case in any mechanically twinnable crystal, eg calcite...1970, Philosophical Magazine:
  • Death is always incongruous, for it never throws itself toward life as toward its twin or twinnable other.2003, Reiner Schürmann, Reginald Lilly, Broken Hegemonies:
1 more example
  • Are buildings that conform to a blueprint twinnable? The immediate answer is no because there are examples conforming to some odd-ball blueprints...2004, Chat-Yin Ho, Pham Huu Tiep, Finite Groups 2003: Proceedings of the Gainesville Conference on Finite Groups:

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