duplex — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

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

   Uso

   • not-comparable

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

   Uso

   • not-comparable

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

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   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).

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Contrari

   simplexunidirectional

   Esempi

   duplex telegraphy

5. Having horizons with contrasting textures.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Esempi

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

Sostantivo

1. A house made up of two dwelling units.

   Uso

   • Australia
   • Canada
   • uso statunitense

   Sinonimi

   semi-detached house

   Esempi

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

2. A dwelling unit with two floors.

   Uso

   • uso statunitense

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.

   Esempi

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

   Altri esempi (1)

   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 […]

Verbo

1. To make duplex.

2. To make into a duplex.

3. To make a series of duplex throws.

Aggettivo

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

   Esempi

   a duplex transaction

2. allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously

   Esempi

   duplex system

   duplex telephony

Sostantivo

1. a house with two units sharing a common wall

   Sinonimi

   duplex housesemidetached house

   Termini più generali

   house

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

   Sinonimi

   duplex apartment

   Termini più generali

   apartmentflat

Verbo

1. change into a duplex

   Termini più generali

   convert