Twister may refer to:
Weather
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Tornado
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, alt ...
Aviation
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Pipistrel Twister, a Slovenian ultralight trike
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Silence Twister, a German homebuilt aircraft design
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Wings of Change Twister, an Austrian paraglider design
Entertainment
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''Twister'' (1989 film), a comedy film starring Suzy Amis and Crispin Glover
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''Twister'' (1996 film), a disaster film starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton
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Twister...Ride it Out'', a ride in Universal Studios Florida based on the film
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Twister (comics)
The Twister is a fictional character, a comic book superhero who first appeared in ''Blue Bolt Comics'' from Novelty Press.
Publication history
Created by Paul Gustavson, The Twister appeared in short stories in issues #1 to #7 of ''Blue Bolt C ...
, a comic book superhero character
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''Twister'' (game), a Milton Bradley game
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Twister (Knoebels Amusement Resort), a roller coaster at Knoebels amusement park in Elysburg, Pennsylvania
* ''Twister'', a CITV gameshow hosted by
Nigel Mitchell
* "Twister" (''
The Suite Life on Deck
''The Suite Life on Deck'' is an American teen sitcom that aired on Disney Channel from September 26, 2008 to May 6, 2011. It is a sequel/spin-off of the Disney Channel Original Series '' The Suite Life of Zack & Cody''. The series follows tw ...
'' 90 Minute Special)
* "Twister", a song on the 1988 "Weird Al" Yankovic album ''
Even Worse''
* "Twister", a song on the 2001 Mariah Carey soundtrack ''
Glitter
Glitter is an assortment of small, reflective particles that come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. Glitter particles reflect light at different angles, causing the surface to sparkle or shimmer. Glitter is similar to confetti, sparkle ...
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Twista
Carl Terrell Mitchell (born November 27, 1973), better known by his stage name Twista (formerly Tung Twista), is an American rapper and record producer. He is best known for his chopper style of rapping and for once holding the title of fastes ...
(born 1973), American rapper
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''Twister'' (album), a 1988 album by Unrest
* ''Twister'', an album by
Watershed
* ''Twister'', an album by
Leisure (band)
Leisure (stylized as LEISURE) are a soul, R&B and pop band from Auckland, formed in Muriwai in 2015. The band consists of Djeisan Suskov, Jaden Parkes, Josh Fountain, Tom Young, and Jordan Arts, all established New Zealand musicians who hav ...
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''Twister'' (play), a 1999 play by Ken Kesey
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Twister (video game)
Other uses
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Twister (fish)
''Bellapiscis medius'',, the twister, is a triplefin fish of the family Tripterygiidae, commonly found around the coast of New Zealand. Its length is between 5 and 10 cm.
Habitat
This species is the only triplefin that as an adult lives ...
, common name for the ''Bellapiscis medius'' species of fish
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Twister (dragonfly), common name for the ''Tholymis tillarga'' species of dragonfly
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Twister (ice cream), an ice cream made by Unilever's Heartbrand
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Twister (pastry), a cruller
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Twister (software), a decentralized P2P microblogging platform
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Twister (yacht), a sailing keelboat
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Twister supersonic separator, hydrocarbon processing system for the dehydration and dewpointing of natural gas
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Twister, a type of spinal lock
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Twister (band), a Brazilian pop rock band
See also
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Mersenne Twister
The Mersenne Twister is a general-purpose pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) developed in 1997 by and . Its name derives from the fact that its period length is chosen to be a Mersenne prime.
The Mersenne Twister was designed specifically to re ...
, a pseudo-random number generator
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''Troubletwisters'' series, a 2011 young adult fantasy series by Garth Nix and Sean Williams
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Ronja Twister, an electronics module for free space optic
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Twist (disambiguation)
Twist may refer to:
In arts and entertainment Film, television, and stage
* ''Twist'' (2003 film), a 2003 independent film loosely based on Charles Dickens's novel ''Oliver Twist''
* ''Twist'' (2021 film), a 2021 modern rendition of ''Olive ...
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Twistor theory
In theoretical physics, twistor theory was proposed by Roger Penrose in 1967 as a possible path to quantum gravity and has evolved into a branch of theoretical and mathematical physics. Penrose proposed that twistor space should be the basic arena ...
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