Twinning
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Twinning may refer to:
- In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twinTwinA twin is one of two offspring produced in the same pregnancy. Twins can either be monozygotic , meaning that they develop from one zygote that splits and forms two embryos, or dizygotic because they develop from two separate eggs that are fertilized by two separate sperm.In contrast, a fetus...
s) at a time, or having a tendency to do so; - Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
- Twinning institutional building toolTwinning institutional building toolTwinning is an institutional building tool.Launched in May 1998, the is one of the principal tools of Institution Building accession assistance...
- eTwinningETwinningThe eTwinning project aims to encourage European schools to collaborate using Information and Communication Technologies .-Formation:The project was born under the European Union's e-Learning programme and is now part of the Lifelong Learning Programme.-Operation:The main concept behind eTwinning...
, a collaboration in which two schools in different locations are paired and communicate using the internet - Twinning (roads)Twinning (roads)Twinning a road involves the construction of a similar or identical parallel road. It is usually done when an existing highway requires a significant increase in capacity. Twinning is frequently advantageous because it allows traffic capacity to be doubled and produces a dual carriageway with...
, construction of one road next to another - In crystallography, crystal twinningCrystal twinningCrystal twinning occurs when two separate crystals share some of the same crystal lattice points in a symmetrical manner. The result is an intergrowth of two separate crystals in a variety of specific configurations. A twin boundary or composition surface separates the two crystals....
refers to intergrown crystal forms that display a twin boundary - In film, special effectSpecial effectThe illusions used in the film, television, theatre, or entertainment industries to simulate the imagined events in a story are traditionally called special effects ....
s that multiply the presence of the same actor or actress on screen - In animation, twinning refers to when two parts on opposite sides of a character's body move the same way
- A type of transnational education in which a student does part of their degree course in a local private college and part of it in an overseas institution tied to the college