duplex
Part of speech: adj
noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
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Etymology: PIE word
 *dwóh₁
Borrowed from Latin duplex (“double, two-fold”), from duo (“two”) + plico (“fold together”); compare the roots of διπλόος (diplóos, “double”); compare also πλέκω (plékō, “twist, braid”). By surface analysis, duo- + -plex.
Inflected forms:
form: duplexes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: duplices
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: duplexes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: duplexing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: duplexed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: duplexed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Double; made up of two parts.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Double; made up of two parts.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Double; made up of two parts.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: 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.
gloss: Bidirectional (in two directions).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: duplex telegraphy
gloss: Having horizons with contrasting textures.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Soils are duplex, sandy and solodic. The dominant trees are the stringybark eucalypts […]
gloss: A house made up of two dwelling units.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
Canada
US
examples: The house had been renovated into a duplex and he’d put in a phone line.
gloss: A dwelling unit with two floors.
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: A cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date, and place of posting.
pos: noun
gloss: A throwing motion where two balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.
pos: noun
gloss: A double-stranded polynucleotide.
pos: noun
gloss: A system of multiple thrust faults bounded above and below by a roof thrust and floor thrust.
pos: noun
examples: In contrast, the folds in the overlying lithotectonic unit 4 are larger and are cut by a series of faults in a duplex.
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 […]
gloss: To make duplex.
pos: verb
gloss: To make into a duplex.
pos: verb
gloss: To make a series of duplex throws.
pos: verb
Related words: contraplex
duplex escapement
duplex lathe
duplex pumping engine
duplex querela
duplex watch
diplex
2-plex
oligoduplex
bungalow
maisonette
rowhouse
semi-detached
townhouse
quadruplex
triplex
double
duplicity
multiplex
simplex
single
triple
Derived words: duplexity
duplex nail
echoplex
full duplex
half-duplex
heteroduplex
homoduplex
interduplex
intraduplex
multiduplex
nonduplex
semiduplex
superduplex
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: двоен
roman: dvoen
lang: Bulgarian
word: сдвоен
roman: sdvoen
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 雙重的 /双重的
lang: Esperanto
word: dupleksa
lang: Finnish
word: kaksiosainen
lang: Greek
word: διπλός
roman: diplós
lang: Greek
word: διμερής
roman: dimerís