Dual vs Dualist - What's the difference?
dual | dualist |
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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(category theory)
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.
Of or supporting dualism
Any person who supports dualism, the belief in absolute good and absolute evil
Any person who believes in or argues for the duality of something
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As adjectives the difference between dual and dualist
is that dual is exhibiting duality; characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components while dualist is of or supporting dualism.As nouns the difference between dual and dualist
is that dual is of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair while dualist is any person who supports dualism, the belief in absolute good and absolute evil.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
* * * ----dualist
English
Adjective
(-)- She has a strictly dualist approach to morality.
Noun
(en noun)- The Manicheans were dualists .