duplex
Meanings
adj
- Double; made up of two parts.
- Having two floors.
- Having two units, divisions, suites, or apartments.
- Of stainless steel: having a structure containing austenite and ferrite in roughly equal proportions.
- Bidirectional (in two directions).
- Having horizons with contrasting textures.
noun
- A house made up of two dwelling units.
- A dwelling unit with two floors.
- A cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date, and place of posting.
- A throwing motion where two balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.
- A double-stranded polynucleotide.
- A system of multiple thrust faults bounded above and below by a roof thrust and floor thrust.
verb
- To make duplex.
- To make into a duplex.
- To make a series of duplex throws.
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PIE word *dwóh₁ Borrowed from Latin duplex (“double, two-fold”), from duo (“two”) + plico (“fold together”); compare the roots of διπλόος (diplóos, “double”); compare also πλέκω (plékō, “twist, braid”). By surface analysis, duo- + -plex.
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