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duple - 3 dictionary results

du⋅ple

[doo-puhl, dyoo-]
–adjective
1. having two parts; double; twofold.
2. Music. having two or sometimes a multiple of two beats in a measure: duple meter.

Origin:
1535–45; < L duplus double
du·ple   (dōō'pəl, dyōō'-)   
adj.  
  1. Consisting of two; double.
  2. Music Consisting of two or a multiple of two beats to the measure.

[Latin duplus; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]

Duple

Du"ple\, a. [L. duplus. See Double.] Double.

Duple ratio (Math.), that in which the antecedent term is double the consequent, as of 2 to 1, 8 to 4, etc.
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