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Duplex

Duplex Meaning & Definition
Duplex Definition And Meaning

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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