duplex
paper or cardboard having different colors, finishes, or stocks on opposite sides.
Printing.
a method of reproducing an illustration using two halftone plates, one black and the other in a color.
a printing press equipped to print both sides of a sheet in one pass.
Genetics. a double-stranded region of DNA.
having two parts; double; twofold.
(of a machine) having two identical working units, operating together or independently, in a single framework or assembly.
pertaining to or noting a telecommunications system, as most telephone systems, permitting the simultaneous transmission of two messages in opposite directions over one channel.
to make duplex; make or change into a duplex: Many owners are duplexing their old houses for extra income.
Origin of duplex
1Other words from duplex
- du·plex·i·ty, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for duplex
/ (ˈdjuːplɛks) /
US and Canadian a duplex apartment or house
a double-stranded region in a nucleic acid molecule
having two parts
machinery having pairs of components of independent but identical function
permitting the transmission of simultaneous signals in both directions in a radio, telecommunications, or computer channel
Origin of duplex
1Derived forms of duplex
- duplexity, noun
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