Protocol vs Twain - What's the difference?
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* 1842 , Thomas Campbell, Frederick the Great and his Times , vol. II, p. 47:
* 1970 , Matthew Smith Anderson, The Great Powers and the Near East, 1774-1923 , p. 32:
(international law) An amendment to an official treaty.
* 2002 , Philippe Sands, Principles of International Environmental Law , p. 917 n. 253:
The first leaf of a roll of papyrus, or the official mark typically found on such a page.
* 1991 , Leila Avrin, Scribes, Script, and Books , p. 146:
The official formulas which appeared at the beginning or end of certain official documents such as charters, papal bulls etc.
* 1985 , Archivum Historiae Pontificiae , v. 23, p. 14:
(sciences) The original notes of observations made during an experiment; also, the precise method for carrying out or reproducing a given experiment.
* 1931 , Gye & Purdy, The Cause of Cancer , p. 194:
The official rules and guidelines for heads of state and other dignitaries, governing accepted behaviour in relations with other diplomatic representatives or over affairs of state.
* 2009 , Laura Johnson, "A mwah too far", The Guardian , 19 Sep 2009:
(by extension) An accepted code of conduct; acceptable behaviour in a given situation or group.
* 2010 , The Guardian , 16 Jul 2010:
(computing) A set of formal rules describing how to transmit or exchange data, especially across a network.
* 2006 , Zheng & Ni, Smart Phone and Next-Generation Mobile Computing , p. 444:
(medicine) The set of instructions allowing a licensed medical professional to start, modify, or stop a medical or patient care order.
(obsolete) To make a protocol of.
(obsolete) To make or write protocols, or first drafts; to issue protocols.
(dated) two
* 1866 , , Before Parting , lines 1-2
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* 1900 , , Amor Profanus , lines 26-28
As a noun protocol
is .As a verb protocol
is (obsolete|transitive) to make a protocol of.As a proper noun twain is
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English
(wikipedia protocol)Noun
(en noun)- Another account says that, on the morning of the 31st of May, the king delivered to the prince-royal the crown, the sceptre, and the key of his treasure and gave him his blessing. The privy-counsillor Vockerodt drew up at his desire a protocol of the transaction.
- The terms of this protocol formed the basis for the Treaty of London signed by the British, French and Russian governments on 6 July 1827.
- The 1992 Protocol amended the definitions of other terms, including ‘ship’, ‘oil’ and ‘incident’: Art. 2.
- They marked the beginning of each scroll with their protocol''''', a practice that continued in the papyrus trade in the Byzantine Empire [...] into the Islamic period, when there were bilingual ' protocols in Greek and Arabic.
- The protocol of the bull contains elements that appear to be formulaic by the time of John XVIII 's pontificate.
- The following is an abstract of the protocol of the experiment: Tumour extract. —A measured 16 c.c. of minced Rous Sarcoma tissue was ground with sand and extracted with 400 c.c. of 0.8-per-cent. saline.
- Even the Queen (for whom the curtsey is a more standard address) was recently treated to an enthusiastic Obama embrace. Her Majesty, who is not normally known for partaking in such public displays of affection, seemed unperturbed by Michelle Obama's disregard for royal protocol .
- For those uncertain in the protocol of handshaking a formula for the perfect handshake has been devised by scientists at the University of Manchester.
- An exception is Jabber, which is designed based on an open protocol called the extensible messaging and presence protocol (XMPP).
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) tweyne, tweien, twaine, from (etyl) . The word outlasted the breakdown of gender in Middle English and survived as a secondary form of (two), then especially in the cases where the numeral follows a noun. Its continuation into modern times was aided by its use in KJV, the Marriage Service, in poetry (where it's commonly used as a rhyme word), and in oral use where it is necessary to be clear that two and not "to" or "too" is meant. It could look like one of the many English words inherited from Old Norse. The modern Danish word is "tvende" (pronounced tvenne), it means both, two of a kind, etc.Numeral
(head)- But the warm twilight round us twain will never rise again.
- Bring me these twain cups of wine and water, and let us drink from the one we feel more befitting of this day.
- A month or twain to live on honeycomb
- Is pleasant;
- Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.
- […] all too soon we twain shall tread
- The bitter pastures of the dead:
- Estranged, sad spectres of the night.