Twi

alternative Tchi · alternative Tchwi · alternative Tshi

1. A synonym for the Akan language of Ghana, used by all Akan except the Fante.

   She kept her eyes low, and though her Twi was passable, she rarely spoke it.

   2016, Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing, Penguin Books (2017), page 35

1. rail transportThe station code of Twickenham railway station in England.
2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of The Welding Institute, a research organization in the UK.
3. rail transportThe station code of Tin Wing stop in Hong Kong.

plural TWIs

1. abbreviationinitialismmedicineInitialism of tolerable weekly intake.

   In May 2001 an expert committee has decided that tolerable doses should be expressed as tolerable weekly intake (TWI) and established TWI = 14 pg/kg.

   2005, Przemysław Mastalerz, The True Story of DDT, PCB, and Dioxin, Wydawnictwo Chemiczne, →ISBN, page 91

2. abbreviationinitialismgeographyInitialism of topographic wetness index.

   The key reason for the replacement of oak forests was attributed to the presence of more pines in the surrounding landscape, lower levels of winter precipitation, and Topographic Wetness Index (TWI), a measure which quantifies terrain-driven variation in soil moisture.

   2021 September 5, Vineet Upadhyay, “Less oak cover in Himalayas could threaten biodiversity: Study”, in The New Indian Express