kaksikko — meaning in English

English meaning

brace noun A device or support that holds something firmly in place or steadies it.
doublet noun Two things of the same kind considered together as a pair.
dual adj Made up of two parts, or relating to two of something.
dyad noun A pair of two closely connected people or things treated as a single unit.
tandem adj Arranged one behind the other, or working together closely.

kaksikko is used for these senses in English:

brace (nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
dual (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical number in certain languages that refers to two of something, such as a pair of shoes.
dual (mathematics) Of a vector in an inner product space, the linear functional corresponding to taking the inner product with that vector. The set of all duals is a vector space called the dual space.
dyad (biology) A secondary unit of organisation consisting of an aggregate of monads.
tandem A thing with two components arranged one behind the other.
twayblade Any of several orchids, of the genera Neottia (syn. Listera) and Liparis, that have a pair of basal leaves.

noun A device or support that holds something firmly in place or steadies it.
noun A pair of something, especially game birds or similar items.
verb To prepare oneself for something difficult or unpleasant, such as an impact or shock.

noun Two things of the same kind considered together as a pair.
noun One of two words in a language that come from the same original root but ended up sounding different, such as English shade and shadow.
noun In the study of old texts, two separate accounts describing the same real event.
noun An imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them.