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polysynthetic twinnings

polysynthetic twinnings is the plural of polysynthetic twinning.

Meaning of polysynthetic twinning

Noun

polysynthetic twinning (usually uncountable, plural polysynthetic twinnings)

  1. (usually) A type of contact twinning, typically observed in plagioclase, in which the composition surfaces are parallel to one another

Questions about polysynthetic twinnings

What is polysynthetic twinnings the plural of?
Polysynthetic twinnings is the plural of polysynthetic twinning.

Words near polysynthetic twinnings in the dictionary

  1. polysyntheses
  2. polysynthesis
  3. polysynthesism
  4. polysynthetic
  5. polysynthetic twinning
  6. polysynthetic twinnings
  7. polysynthetical
  8. polysynthetically
  9. polysyntheticism
  10. polysyntheticisms
  11. polysynthetism

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