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Dual

/ˈdjuː.əl/

Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair.

📖 Definitions of "Dual"

noun
  1. 1

    Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair.

  2. 2

    Of a regular polyhedron with V vertices and F faces, the regular polyhedron having F vertices and V faces.

    "The octahedron is the dual of the cube."

  3. 3

    (grammar) dual number The grammatical number of a noun marking two of something (as in singular, dual, plural), sometimes referring to two of anything (a couple of, exactly two of), or a chirality-marked pair (as in left and right, as with gloves or shoes) or in some languages as a discourse marker, "between you and me". A few languages display trial number.

  4. 4

    Of a vector in an inner product space, the linear functional corresponding to taking the inner product with that vector. The set of all duals is a vector space called the dual space.

verb
  1. 1

    To convert from single to dual; specifically, to convert a single-carriageway road to a dual carriageway.

adjective
  1. 1

    Exhibiting duality; characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.

  2. 2

    Acting as a counterpart.

  3. 3

    Double.

    "a dual-headed computer"

  4. 4

    (grammar) Pertaining to grammatical number (as in singular and plural), referring to two of something, such as a pair of shoes, in the context of the singular, plural and, in some languages, trial grammatical number.

    "Modern Arabic displays a dual number, as did Homeric Greek."

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