About The Word Duplex
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Duplex
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What's The Definition Of Duplex?
[n] an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase
[n] a house with two units sharing a common wall [adj] (telecommunication) allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously; "duplex system"; "duplex telephony" [adj] (used technically of a device or process) having two parts; "a duplex transaction" Synonyms | Synonyms for Duplex: bidirectional | duplex apartment | duplex house | multiple | semidetached house Related Terms | Find terms related to Duplex: ambidextrous | apartment house | bifacial | bifold | biform | bifurcated | bilateral | binary | binate | biparous | bipartisan | bipartite | bivalent | condominium | conduplicate | cooperative apartment house | dichotomous | disomatous | double | double-barreled | double-faced | duadic | dual | dualistic | duple | duplex house | duplicate | duplicated | dyadic | flats | geminate | geminated | high-rise apartment building | identical | Janus-like | matched | second | secondary | tenement | twain | twin | twinned | two | two-faced | twofold | two-level | two-ply | two-sided | two-story See Also | apartment | flat | house Duplex In Webster's Dictionary \Du"plex\, a. [L., fr. duo two + plicare to fold. See
{Two}, and {Complex}.]
Double; twofold.
{Duplex escapement}, a peculiar kind of watch escapement, in
which the scape-wheel has two sets of teeth. See
{Escapement}.
{Duplex lathe}, one for turning off, screwing, and surfacing,
by means of two cutting tools, on opposite sides of the
piece operated upon.
{Duplex pumping engine}, a steam pump in which two steam
cylinders are placed side by side, one operating the
valves of the other.
{Duplex querela} [L., double complaint] (Eccl. Law), a
complaint in the nature of an appeal from the ordinary to
his immediate superior, as from a bishop to an archbishop.
--Mozley & W.
{Duplex telegraphy}, a system of telegraphy for sending two
messages over the same wire simultaneously.
{Duplex watch}, one with a duplex escapement.
\Du"plex\, v. t. [See {Duplex}, a.] (Teleg.) To arrange, as a telegraph line, so that two messages may be transmitted simultaneously; to equip with a duplex telegraphic outfit. |
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