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duplex

adj
/ˈdu.plɛks/US

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ Borrowed from Latin duplex (“double, two-fold”), from duo (“two”) + plico (“fold together”); compare the roots of διπλόος (diplóos, “double”); compare also πλέκω (plékō, “twist, braid”). By surface analysis, duo- + -plex.

  1. borrowed from duplex

Definitions

  1. Double

    Double; made up of two parts.

  2. Bidirectional (in two directions).

    • duplex telegraphy

  3. Having horizons with contrasting textures.

    • Soils are duplex, sandy and solodic. The dominant trees are the stringybark eucalypts […]
  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. A house made up of two dwelling units.

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

    2. A dwelling unit with two floors.

    3. A cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date,…

      A cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date, and place of posting.

    4. A throwing motion where two balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.

    5. A double-stranded polynucleotide.

    6. A system of multiple thrust faults bounded above and below by a roof thrust and floor…

      A system of multiple thrust faults bounded above and below by a roof thrust and floor thrust.

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

    7. To make duplex.

    8. To make into a duplex.

    9. To make a series of duplex throws.

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Derived

duplexity, duplex nail, echoplex, full duplex, half-duplex, heteroduplex, homoduplex, interduplex, intraduplex, multiduplex, nonduplex, semiduplex, superduplex

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for duplex. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA