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1Twinkle — may refer to one of the following.* Twinkle, the common name for Scintillation (astronomy), a phenomenon in the viewing [e.g. of stars] * Twinkle (dance step), a dance step in some ballroom dances * Twinkle (singer), a British pop singer in the… …
2Twinkle — Hauptfenster und Adressbuch Basisdaten Entwickler Michel de Boer Aktuelle Version …
3TWINKLE — is a hypothetical integer factorization device described in 1999 by Adi Shamir and purported to be capable of factoring 512 bit integers. The name is an acronym of The Weizmann Institute Key Locating Engine . It is also a pun on the twinkling… …
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5Twinkle — Twinkle, twinkle, lit|tle star a ↑nursery rhyme (=an old song or poem for children) . The rhyme goes: Twinkle, twinkle, little star,/How I wonder what you are./Up above the world so high,/Like a diamond in the sky …
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7Twinkle — Twin kle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twinkling}.] [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to OE. twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps to E. twitch.] 1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.… …
8Twinkle — Twin kle, n. 1. A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye. [1913 Webster] Suddenly, with twinkle of her eye, The damsel broke his misintended dart. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. A brief flash or gleam, esp.… …
9twinkle — [twiŋ′kəl] vi. twinkled, twinkling [ME twinklen < OE twinclian, freq. of base seen in MHG zwinken, to wink] 1. to shine with quick, intermittent flashes of light, as some stars; sparkle 2. to light up, as with amusement: said of the eyes 3. to …
10twinkle — (v.) O.E. twinclian, frequentative of twincan to wink, blink; related to M.H.G. zwinken, Ger. zwinkern, and probably somehow imitative. The noun is recorded from 1540s. Related: Twinkled; twinkling. Phrase in the twinkling of an eye is attested… …
