duplex — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Double; made up of two parts. Having two floors.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

2. Double; made up of two parts. Having two units, divisions, suites, or apartments.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

3. Double; made up of two parts. Of stainless steel: having a structure containing austenite and ferrite in roughly equal proportions.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

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   Duplex stainless steels have been classified according to the first period (1930–1960) and second period (1960–1990). The designations for these duplex alloys in the United States have been primarily according to Unified Numbering System (UNS) numbers in the S3xxx.x series.

4. Bidirectional (in two directions).

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Antonyms

   simplexunidirectional

   Examples

   duplex telegraphy

5. Having horizons with contrasting textures.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   Soils are duplex, sandy and solodic. The dominant trees are the stringybark eucalypts […]

Noun

1. A house made up of two dwelling units.

   Usage

   • Australia
   • Canada
   • US usage

   Synonyms

   semi-detached house

   Examples

   The house had been renovated into a duplex and he’d put in a phone line.

2. A dwelling unit with two floors.

   Usage

   • US usage

3. A cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date, and place of posting.

4. A throwing motion where two balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.

5. A double-stranded polynucleotide.

6. A system of multiple thrust faults bounded above and below by a roof thrust and floor thrust.

   Examples

   In contrast, the folds in the overlying lithotectonic unit 4 are larger and are cut by a series of faults in a duplex.

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   It has been noted, using a combination of surface geologic and seismic reflection data, that a duplex, although formed in response to movement of a thrust sheet, frequently arches the thrust sheet as the duplex is built by duplication of rocks beneath it […]

Verb

1. To make duplex.

2. To make into a duplex.

3. To make a series of duplex throws.

Adjective

1. (used technically of a device or process) having two parts

   Examples

   a duplex transaction

2. allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously

   Examples

   duplex system

   duplex telephony

Noun

1. a house with two units sharing a common wall

   Synonyms

   duplex housesemidetached house

   Broader terms

   house

2. an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase

   Synonyms

   duplex apartment

   Broader terms

   apartmentflat

Verb

1. change into a duplex

   Broader terms

   convert