twinnable

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English

Etymology

From twin +‎ -able.

Adjective

twinnable (not comparable)

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