Duplex vs Dual - What's the difference?
duplex | dual |
double, made up of two parts
bidirectional (in two directions)
house made up of two dwelling units
(philately) a cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date, and place of posting.
(juggling) throwing motion where two balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.
To make .
To make into a .
(jugging) To make a series of duplex throws.
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.
As adjectives the difference between duplex and dual
is that duplex is double, made up of two parts while dual is exhibiting duality; characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.As nouns the difference between duplex and dual
is that duplex is house made up of two dwelling units while dual is of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair.As a verb duplex
is to make duplex.duplex
English
Adjective
(-)- duplex telegraphy
Hyponyms
(bidirectional) * full-duplex * half-duplex * semiduplexAntonyms
* (bidirectional) simplex (unidirectional)Derived terms
* duplex escapement * duplexity * duplex lathe * duplex pumping engine * duplex querela * duplex watch * half-duplex * semiduplexNoun
(es)See also
* bungalow * semi-detached * townhouse * rowhouseVerb
(es)dual
English
Alternative forms
*Adjective
(-)- dual-headed computer
Derived terms
* duality * dualismNoun
(en noun)- The octahedron is the dual of the cube.