dualest
əl, ˈdyu- adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or noting two.
2.
composed or consisting of two people, items, parts, etc., together; twofold; double: dual ownership; dual controls on a plane.
3.
having a twofold, or double, character or nature.
4.
Grammar. being or pertaining to a member of the category of number, as in Old English, Old Russian, or Arabic, that denotes two of the things in question.
noun Grammar.
5.
the dual number.
6.
a form in the dual, as Old English git “you two,” as contrasted with ge “you” referring to three or more.
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dual (ˈdjuːəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | relating to or denoting two |
| 2. | twofold; double |
| 3. | (in the grammar of Old English, Ancient Greek, and certain other languages) denoting a form of a word indicating that exactly two referents are being referred to |
| 4. | maths, logic (of structures or expressions) having the property that the interchange of certain pairs of terms, and usually the distribution of negation, yields equivalent structures or expressions |
| —n | |
| 5. | grammar |
| a. the dual number | |
| b. a dual form of a word | |
| —vb , duals, dualling, dualled | |
| 6. | (Brit) (tr) to make (a road) into a dual carriageway |
| [C17: from Latin duālis concerning two, from duo two] | |
| 'dually | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
dual
c.1600, from L. dualis, from duo "two." Related: Dually.
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