Twin (disambiguation)

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Twin is most often used to refer to a pair of any similar objects or concepts:

• Twins are two siblings which gestated and were born together. types of twins include:
  • Fraternal twins
  • Identical twins
  • Siamese, or Conjoined twins
  • Multiple births, while not necessarily twins, are sometimes referred to as "multiple twins".
• Twin can also refer to a doppelgänger or clone.
• Twins are often a central theme in mythology.
• Twin Towers are any of a number of matching structures, most notably the former World Trade Center in New York City
• Twin city or twin town may refer to
  • Twin cities: two towns or cities that are geographically close to each other, and often referred to collectively.
    • The Twin Cities- most often used to describe the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area in Minnesota.
    • The Twin Ports- Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin.
  • Town twinning or sister cities: two distant cities agree to partner each other, for various reasons.
• A Twin prime is a prime number that differs from another prime number by two.
• Two crystallites which share atoms at repeated intervals and have only a minor difference in orientation. These meet at a twin boundary.

Other uses twin may refer to:

• Twins is a Hong Kong-based Cantopop musical group. It is also the name of their self-titled album, Twins.
• Twins is a 1988 comedy film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito.
• Twin is a standard bed, mattress, or sheet size.
• The Twin paradox is a thought experiment in special relativity.
• The Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball take their name from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

See also: list of all pages beginning with "Twin", Category:Identical twins, and List of twins.