Dual

  • 41dual — I. adjective Etymology: Latin dualis, from duo two more at two Date: 1597 1. of grammatical number denoting reference to two 2. a. consisting of two parts or elements or having two like parts ; double b. having a double character or nature • …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 42dual — 1. adjective /djʊəl,ˈdu.əl/ a) Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components. dual headed computer b) Double. 2. noun /djʊəl,ˈdu.əl/ a) Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair. The octahedron is the dual of the… …

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  • 43dual — adj m y f Que incluye o combina dos aspectos, dos características o dos situaciones distintas u opuestas: En una sociedad dual coexisten un sector capitalista y uno de economía de subsistencia , Ometéotl era un dios dual masculino femenino …

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  • 44dual — [17] Dual was borrowed from Latin duālis, a derivative of duo ‘two’ (which is a distant relative of English two). In Latin it was used particularly by grammarians, to denote the category ‘two people or things’ (as opposed to the plural, referring …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 45Dual… — dvejetainis statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. binary vok. Binär…; binär; Dual…; dual rus. двоичный pranc. binaire …

    Automatikos terminų žodynas

  • 46dual — dvejetainis statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. binary vok. Binär…; binär; Dual…; dual rus. двоичный pranc. binaire …

    Automatikos terminų žodynas

  • 47dual — [1] a combination of two nearly identical parts (e.g., a truck with dual tires has two tires at each end of the axle). [2] In Britain, dual is a verb meaning to twin a highway or railroad …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 48dual — [17] Dual was borrowed from Latin duālis, a derivative of duo ‘two’ (which is a distant relative of English two). In Latin it was used particularly by grammarians, to denote the category ‘two people or things’ (as opposed to the plural, referring …

    Word origins

  • 49dual — adj. Dual is used with these nouns: ↑carriageway, ↑citizenship, ↑function, ↑identity, ↑loyalty, ↑meet, ↑nationality, ↑nature, ↑personality, ↑purpose, ↑role, ↑ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 50dual —  , duel  Dual means twofold; duel describes a fight between two parties …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors