Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia twistor)

(mathematics, physics) Any of the complex-valued coordinates in twistor theory'', which maps the geometric objects of conventional 3+1 space-time into geometric objects in a four-dimensional space, ''twistor space , with metric signature (2,2), a proposed path to a theory of quantum gravity.

Noun

(en noun)

One who twists.

# One whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.

The instrument used in twisting, or making twists.

* Wallis

He, twirling his twister , makes a twist of the twine.

(colloquial) A tornado.

(carpentry) A girder

(Craig)

(dated) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.

(British, colloquial) A crook, a villain.

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, year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter IX , passage=“I don't know if it's my imagination, Kipper,” I said, “but something gives me the impression that at moment of going to press you aren't too sold on Bobbie.” He shrugged a shoulder. “Oh, I wouldn't say that. Apart from wishing I could throttle the young twister with my bare hands and jump on the remains with hobnailed boots, I don't feel much about her one way or the other.”}}

The party game Twister, usually capitalized, or a variant.