duplex
IPA: dˈupɫɛks
noun
- (US, Canada) A house made up of two dwelling units.
- (US) A dwelling unit with two floors.
- (philately) A cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date, and place of posting.
- (juggling) A throwing motion where two balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.
- (biochemistry) A double-stranded polynucleotide.
- (geology) A system of multiple thrust faults bounded above and below by a roof thrust and floor thrust.
verb
- To make duplex.
- To make into a duplex.
- (juggling) To make a series of duplex throws.
adjective
- Double; made up of two parts.
- (architecture) Having two floors.
- (architecture) Having two units, divisions, suites, or apartments.
- (metallurgy) Of stainless steel: having a structure containing austenite and ferrite in roughly equal proportions.
- (telecommunications) Bidirectional (in two directions).
- (soil science) Having horizons with contrasting textures.
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Examples of "duplex" in Sentences
- The duplex and the region are synonymous.
- I agree that by the 1890s the duplex was old technology.
- He invented the duplex connection of telegraphic transmission.
- The property includes ruins of the cutting and duplex buildings.
- Duplex soils are categorized based on the color of the sub soil.
- The home was changed to a duplex in order to qualify for the loan.
- Duplex slide rules often duplicate some of the scales on the back.
- 'The Duplex', built in 1923, is the youngest of the homes on the block.
- Joseph Barker Stearns was the inventor of the duplex system of telegraphy.
- Skyler owns and lives in a duplex in the CARAG neighborhood of Minneapolis.