Dual vs Twofold - 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.
(linear algebra)
(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.
Double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument.
* 1924 , ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics . Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: . Book 1, Part 5.
In a double degree; doubly.
As adjectives the difference between dual and twofold
is that dual is exhibiting duality; characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components while twofold is double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument.As a noun dual
is of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair.As an adverb twofold is
in a double degree; doubly.dual
English
Alternative forms
*Adjective
(-)- dual-headed computer
Derived terms
* duality * dualismNoun
(en noun)- The octahedron is the dual of the cube.
See also
* * unal * duelAnagrams
* * * ----twofold
English
Adjective
(-)- some who posit both this cause and besides this the source of movement, which we have got from some as single and from other as twofold .