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multitwist en · ADJ

Etymology

From multi- + twist.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Characterized by multiple twists.
   • In most recoilless rifle weapon systems, uniform rifling twist is used since it meets the desired requirements and is less expensive to manufacture than a rifle tube with multitwist rifling. 1976, Nuri Y. Olcer, Sam Lévin, Recoilless rifle weapon systems, page 10-28:
   • There's not a dull moment in this . . . shocking tale of evil family ties by a psychologically perceptive writer who knows how to build up to a searing, multitwist ending the way a tornado gathers momentum. 1983, Craig Jones, Fatal attraction, →ISBN, page 286:
   • For multitwist cords, the symbol for direction of twist of the single yarns is given first, with each subsequent direction following in order. 1951, National Park Service Archeological Research Series, page 116:

multitwist en · NOUN

Etymology

From multi- + twist.

Meanings

1. Multiple twists that occur together.
   • Yarns highlighted include wools, stretch yarns, metallics, textures, multicolored, and multitwists. 1998, Textile Technology Digest - Volume 55, Issues 7-12, page 34:
   • Twist both the 1" bubbles in the multitwist into bear ears. 2010, Jeremy Telford, Balloonology, →ISBN, page 122:
   • The multitwists of her black hair curtained like rivers down her frontal. 2016, Vicky Glasgow, The Mage Emperor, →ISBN:
2. An automorphism that induces a set of Dehn twists around a surface.
   • A Leininger-Reid subgroup cannot be convex cocompact, because it contains a multitwist. 2007, Athanase Papadopoulos, Handbook of Teichmüller Theory - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 407:

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