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/d(j)uːˈælɪti/
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d(j)uːˈælɪti
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The quality of containing or comprising two often opposed parts or aspects.
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the moral duality of certain characters
Mother Nature's eternal duality, both life-giving and destructive
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He was fascinated by the duality of human nature.
The aggregate of two complementary subclasses or parts.
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philosophical duality
The novel explored the duality of good and evil.
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that fundamental duality that characterises the life of all animals—hungry or sated
The mathematical equivalence of two seemingly different theoretical descriptions of a physical system.
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wave-particle duality
The interchangeability of points and planes.
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being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
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the dichotomy between eastern and western culture
(physics) the property of matter and electromagnetic radiation that is characterized by the fact that some properties can be explained best by wave theory and others by particle theory
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(geometry) the interchangeability of the roles of points and planes in the theorems of projective geometry