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Dual

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Dual Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dual?

[adj] a grammatical number category referring to two items or units (as opposed to one item (singular) or more than one item (plural)); "ancient Greek had the dual form but it has merged with the plural form in modern Greek"
[adj] consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs; "an egg with a double yolk"; "a double (binary) star"; "double doors"; "dual controls for pilot and copilot"; "duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure"
[adj] having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dual: double | duple | multiple | plural | threefold | treble | twofold

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dual: ambidextrous | bifacial | bifold | biform | bifurcated | bilateral | binary | binate | biparous | bipartisan | bipartite | bivalent | conduplicate | dichotomous | disomatous | double | double-barreled | double-faced | duadic | dualistic | duple | duplex | duplicate | duplicated | dyadic | geminate | geminated | identical | Janus-like | matched | paired | second | secondary | twain | twin | twinned | two | two-faced | twofold | two-level | two-ply | two-sided | two-story

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Dual In Webster's Dictionary

\Du"al\, a. [L. dualis, fr. duo two. See {Two}.] Expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two; as, the dual number of nouns, etc., in Greek. Here you have one half of our dual truth. --Tyndall.
V -> V'': v -> (V': w -> wv : F)

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