Dual vs Diverse - What's the difference?
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Exhibiting duality; characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
Acting as a counterpart.
Double.
(grammar) Pertaining to grammatical number (as in singular and plural), referring to two of something, such as a pair of shoes, in the context of the singular', '''plural''' and in some languages, ' trial grammatical number. Modern Arabic displays a dual number, as did Homeric Greek.
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Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair.
(geometry) Of a regular polyhedron with V'' vertices and ''F'' faces, the regular polyhedron having ''F'' vertices and ''V faces.
(grammar) dual number The grammatical number of a noun marking two of something (as in singular, dual, plural), sometimes referring to two of anything (a couple of', ' exactly two of ), or a chirality-marked pair (as in left and right, as with gloves or shoes) or in some languages as a discourse marker, "between you and me". A few languages display trial number.
(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.
Consisting of many different elements; various.
Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.
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As a noun dual
is dual.As an adjective diverse is
.dual
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Alternative forms
*Adjective
(-)- dual-headed computer
Derived terms
* duality * dualismNoun
(en noun)- The octahedron is the dual of the cube.
See also
* * unal * duelAnagrams
* * * ----diverse
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Alternative forms
* divers (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- The word is used in a sense very diverse from its original import.
- Our roads are diverse : farewell, love! said she.
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- Eloquence is a great and diverse thing.