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Dual vs Twofold - What's the difference?

dual | twofold |

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

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Adjective

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  • Exhibiting duality; characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
  • Acting as a counterpart.
  • Double.
  • dual-headed computer
  • (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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  • Derived terms

    * duality * dualism

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • The octahedron is the dual of the cube.
  • (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.
  • See also

    * * unal * duel

    Anagrams

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    twofold

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • 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.
  • 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 .

    Adverb

    (-)
  • In a double degree; doubly.
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