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twinning(dictionary)

Gram (iou) and twinning (iou)


Gram (iou)



Gram noun4. [gram] L19.
[H. C. J. Gram (1853-1938), Danish physician.]
Used attrib. and in possess. to designate a method of staining bacteria first employed by Gram, and the iodine solution used in this method. L19.
Gram-positive, Gram-negative, adjectives, (of bacteria) stained, not stained, by Gram's method (a test used as a broad initial classification of bacteria). E20.

twinning (iou)



twinning noun. ME.
[from TWIN verb + -ING1.]
Parting, separation. Scot. ME-L16.
Giving birth to two children or animals at a birth; the bearing of twins. L16.
Coupling, close union or combination; spec. (a) Crystallography the union of two crystals to form a twin (TWIN noun 5); (b) the official linking of one town or city with or with another, esp. in a different country, for the purposes of friendship and cultural exchange. M19.