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duple
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective duple has 1 sense
- duple(s = adj.all) double, dual - 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"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
duple, adj. of two parts.
Idiom
duple ratio Math. a ratio of 2 to 1. duple time Mus. that with two beats to the bar.
Etymology
L duplus f. duo two
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