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twain
twain T0432200 (twān)n.adj. & pron. Two.
[Middle English tweien, twaine, from Old English twēgen; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]twain (tweɪn) determiner, n an archaic word for two[Old English twēgen; related to Old Saxon twēne, Old High German zwēne, Old Norse tveir, Gothic twai]
Twain (tweɪn) n1. (Biography) Mark, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. 1835–1910, US novelist and humorist, famous for his classics The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885)2. (Biography) Shania (ʃəˈnaɪə), real name Eilleen Regina Edwards. born 1965, Canadian country-rock singer; her bestselling recordings include The Woman In Me (1995), Come On Over (1997), and UP! (2002)twain (tweɪn)
adj., n. two. [before 900; Middle English twayn orig., nominative and acc. masculine, Old English twēgen (compare two)] Twain (tweɪn)
n. Mark, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  twain - two items of the same kind couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, twosome, brace, pair, span, yoke, couplefellow, mate - one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"2, II, two, deuce - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this numberdoubleton - (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player |
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East is East and West is West (and never the twain shall meet)Said of two things are too different to ever be agreeable or harmonious. The phrase comes from a Rudyard Kipling poem. If you learn young that East is East and West is West, you won't waste time trying to convert people to your views.See also: and, east, never, shall, twain, westnever the twain shall meetThese two people, things, or groups are so fundamentally different from one another that they will never be able to coexist or think alike. Primarily heard in US. My best friend is a staunch conservative, while my brother is a hardcore liberal, and never the twain shall meet.See also: meet, never, shall, twaintear (someone or something) in twainold-fashioned To tear someone or something into halves or two pieces of relatively equal size. The strongman impressed the audience by tearing a phonebook in twain with his bare hands. The demonic creature grabbed poor Ishmael and tore him in twain.See also: tear, twainrip (someone or something) in twainTo tear someone or something into halves or two pieces of relatively equal size. The strongman impressed the audience by ripping a phonebook in twain with his bare hands. The demonic creature grabbed poor Ishmael and ripped him in twain.See also: rip, twainsuffuse with (something)1. To spread something over, across, or throughout something or some place; to fill or saturate something or some place with something. A noun or pronoun is used between "suffuse" and "with." Often used in passive constructions. The candlelight suffused the room with a dull glow that created a gloomy, ponderous atmosphere. The evening sky was suffused with all manner of brilliant colors given off by the setting sun.2. To fill someone or something thoroughly with some quality or emotion. A noun or pronoun is used between "suffuse" and "with." Often used in passive constructions. The news seems to have certainly suffused him with happiness. The haunting landscapes in the film are suffused with a desolate tragedy that seems to echo the characters' own desperation.See also: suffusenever the twain shall meet or ne'er the twain shall meet LITERARYPeople say never the twain shall meet or ne'er the twain shall meet when they believe that there are so many differences between two groups of people or two groups of things that they can never exist together. The British education system is notorious for separating the sciences and the humanities. This academic `ne'er the twain shall meet' policy does not always reflect the needs of the real world. Note: People often vary this expression. For example, they say that the twain should meet or the twain are not supposed to meet. Although they recognised differences between East and West, they went on to argue that the twain should and must meet. Note: `Twain' is an old-fashioned word meaning two. This is a quotation from `The Ballad of East and West' (1889) by the English poet Rudyard Kipling: `Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.' See also: meet, never, shall, twainnever the twain shall meet two people or things are too different to exist alongside or understand each other. This phrase comes from Rudyard Kipling's poem ‘The Ballad of East and West’ ( 1892 ): ‘Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet’.See also: meet, never, shall, twainnever the ˌtwain shall ˈmeet (saying) used to say that two things are so different that they cannot exist together: People in the area where I grew up were either landowners or farmers, and never the twain shall meet. Twain is an old word meaning ‘two’.See also: meet, never, shall, twainTWAIN
Twain1. Mark, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. 1835--1910, US novelist and humorist, famous for his classics The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) 2. Shania , real name Eilleen Regina Edwards. born 1965, Canadian country-rock singer; her bestselling recordings include The Woman In Me (1995) Come On Over (1997), and UP! (2002) TWAIN (graphics, standard)An image capture API for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh operating systems thatenables the user to control a scanner or digital camerafrom image processing software.
TWAIN was first released on 1992-02-29 and is currentlyratified at version 2.0 as of 2005-11-28. It is maintained bythe TWAIN Working Group.
Kevin Bier, chairman-emeritus of the TWAIN Working Group andthe one of the original co-author/editors of TWAIN 1.0, chosethe name TWAIN after reading letters by Mark Twain. It wasunofficially considered to mean "toolkit without an importantname."
The word "twain" is an archaic form meaning "two". It appearsin Kipling's "The Ballad of East and West" - "...and never thetwain shall meet...", reflecting the difficulty, at the time,of connecting scanners and personal computers. It wasup-cased to TWAIN to make it more distinctive. This ledpeople to believe it was an acronym, and then to a contest tocome up with an expansion. None were selected, but the entry"Technology Without An Interesting Name" continues to hauntthe standard.
The TWAIN Working Group.TWAIN(Technology Without An Interesting Name) A programming interface that lets a graphics application, such as an image editing program or desktop publishing program, activate a scanner, frame grabber or other image-capturing device.TWAIN
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| TWAIN➣[not an acronym; scanner interface spec/standard] (Popular meaning: Technology without an Interesting Name) | | TWAIN➣Toolkit without An Important Name | | TWAIN➣Technology without An Interesting Name | | TWAIN➣Technology Without An Important Name (humor) | | TWAIN➣Tool without an Interesting Name | | TWAIN➣Tool Without an Important Name | | TWAIN➣[not an acronym; scanner interface spec/standard] (Popular meaning: Toolkit without an Important Name) | | TWAIN➣Technology Without Acronyms Is Nothing |
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Related to twain: Mark Twain, never the twain shall meetSynonyms for twainnoun two items of the same kindSynonyms- couplet
- distich
- duad
- duet
- duo
- dyad
- twosome
- brace
- pair
- span
- yoke
- couple
Related Words- fellow
- mate
- 2
- II
- two
- deuce
- doubleton
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