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| dual carriageway
| dual inline package switch
| dual personality
| dual scan display
| dual-lane
dual
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective dual has 3 senses
- dual(s = adj.all) double, duple - consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs; "an egg with a double yolk"; "a double (binary) star"; "double doors"; "dual controls for pilot and copilot"; "duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure" Derived form noun duality1
- dual(s = adj.all) double, three-fold, threefold, treble, two-fold, twofold - having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"
- dual(s = adj.all) Array - a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural); "ancient Greek had the dual form but it has merged with the plural form in modern Greek" Derived form noun duality2
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dual, adj., n., & v.
--adj.
1 of two; twofold.
2 divided in two; double (dual ownership).
3 Gram. (in some languages) denoting two persons or things (additional to singular and plural).
--n. (also dual number) Gram. a dual form of a noun, verb, etc.
--v.tr. (dualled, dualling) Brit. convert (a road) into a dual carriageway.
--adj.
1 of two; twofold.
2 divided in two; double (dual ownership).
3 Gram. (in some languages) denoting two persons or things (additional to singular and plural).
--n. (also dual number) Gram. a dual form of a noun, verb, etc.
--v.tr. (dualled, dualling) Brit. convert (a road) into a dual carriageway.
Idiom
dual carriageway Brit. a road with a dividing strip between the traffic in opposite directions. dual control (of a vehicle or an aircraft) having two sets of controls, one of which is used by the instructor. dual in-line package Computing see DIP. dual-purpose (of a vehicle) usable for passengers or goods.
Derivative
duality n. dualize v.tr. (also -ise). dually adv.
Etymology
L dualis f. duo two
THESAURUS
dual
Janus-like, ambidextrous, bifacial, bifold, biform, bifurcated, bilateral, binary, binate, biparous, bipartisan, bipartite, bivalent, conduplicate, dichotomous, disomatous, double, double-barreled, double-faced, duadic, dualistic, duple, duplex, duplicate, duplicated, dyadic, geminate, geminated, identical, matched, paired, second, secondary, twain, twin, twinned, two, two-faced, two-level, two-ply, two-sided, two-story, twofoldROGET THESAURUS
dual
Duality
N duality, dualism, duplicity, biplicity, biformity, polarity, two, deuce, couple, duet, brace, pair, cheeks, twins, Castor and Pollux, gemini, Siamese twins, fellows, yoke, conjugation, dispermy, doublets, dyad, span, two, twin, dual, dualistic, double, binary, binomial, twin, biparous, dyadic, conduplicate, duplex, biduous, binate, diphyletic, dispermic, unijugate, tete-a-tete, coupled, conjugate, both, both the one and the other.
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