Twinning /(?)/
Twin·ning
Twinning
n.
- The assemblage of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other in accordance with some definite law; also, rarely, in artificial twinning (accomplished for example by pressure), the process by which this reversal is brought about. (Crystallog.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Polysynthetic twinning
- repeated twinning of crystal lamellae, as that of the triclinic feldspars.
- Repeated twinning
- twinning of more than two crystals, or parts of crystals.
- Twinning axis
- See the Note under Twin, n.