Twin (disambiguation)
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In biology, Twins are two or more siblings which gestated and were born together. Types of biological twins include:
- Fraternal twins
- Identical twins
- Multiple births, while not necessarily twins, are sometimes referred to as "multiple twins".
- Conjoined twins, or Siamese
- Parasitic twin, a very rare condition caused by a variety of circumstances
- Twin can also refer to a doppelgänger or clone.
- See also: Category:Multiple births
Twin also refers to a pair of associated similar objects or concepts:
- Town twinning, two distant cities that agree to partner each other, for various reasons
- Twin boundary, where two crystallites which share atoms at repeated intervals and have only a minor difference in orientation meet at
- Twin cities, two towns or cities that are geographically close to each other, and often referred to collectively. The term is most often used to describe the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area in Minnesota, United States. Other examples include the Twin Ports of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin, United States.
- Twin prime, a prime number that differs from another prime number by two
- Twin Towers are any of a number of matching structures, most notably the former World Trade Center in New York City
Twin or Twins may also refer to:
- First Twin and Second Twin, the twin lost boys in J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan
- Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball, which take their name from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul
- Twin (computing), a Text WINdows computer interface
- Twin (mythology), a very common theme in mythology
- TWIN (music producer),a music production Team
- Twin, a standard bed, mattress, or sheet size
- Twin paradox, a thought experiment in special relativity
- Twins (album), the name of Twins self-titled album
- Twins (band), a Hong Kong-based Cantopop musical group
- Twins (film), a 1988 comedy film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito
- Twins (1925 film), a 1925 film starring Stan Laurel
- Twins (pornographic film), the name of two gay pornographic movies, one starring the O'Brien Twins, Christy twins and Karisdtadt Twins, and the other starring the Oddyssey Twins
- Twins (The Matrix), characters from The Matrix Reloaded
- Twins (TV series), a sitcom that debuted on The WB Television Network in September 2005
- Twins, a photobook by Steven Underhill
- Twins, a song by Manitoba from their 2003 album, Up in Flames
- TWINS (Knock Out), a song by Super Junior from their 2005 album, Super Junior 05
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