Duplex

/ˈdu.plɛks/ · adjective

Meaning

Double; made up of two parts..

Definitions by Sense

1. Double; made up of two parts.
2. (telecommunications) Bidirectional (in two directions).
3. (soil science) Having horizons with contrasting textures.
4. (US, Canada, Australia) A house made up of two dwelling units.
5. (US) A dwelling unit with two floors.
6. (philately) A cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date, and place of posting.
7. (juggling) A throwing motion where two balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.
8. (biochemistry) A double-stranded polynucleotide.

Example Sentences

duplex telegraphy

Soils are duplex, sandy and solodic. The dominant trees are the stringybark eucalypts […]

The house had been renovated into a duplex and he’d put in a phone line.

In contrast, the folds in the overlying lithotectonic unit 4 are larger and are cut by a series of faults in a duplex.

It has been noted, using a combination of surface geologic and seismic reflection data, that a duplex, although formed in response to movement of a thrust sheet, frequently arches the thrust sheet as the duplex is built by duplication of rocks beneath it […]

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Word Forms

• duplexes
• duplices
• duplexing
• duplexed

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