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duplexity

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du⋅plex

  [doo-pleks, dyoo-]
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–noun
1. duplex apartment.
2. duplex house.
3. paper or cardboard having different colors, finishes, or stocks on opposite sides.
4. Printing.
a. a method of reproducing an illustration using two halftone plates, one black and the other in a color.
b. a printing press equipped to print both sides of a sheet in one pass.
5. Genetics. a double-stranded region of DNA.
–adjective
6. having two parts; double; twofold.
7. (of a machine) having two identical working units, operating together or independently, in a single framework or assembly.
8. pertaining to or noting a telecommunications system, as most telephone systems, permitting the simultaneous transmission of two messages in opposite directions over one channel.
–verb (used with object)
9. to make duplex; make or change into a duplex: Many owners are duplexing their old houses for extra income.
Origin:
1810–20; < L: twofold, double, equiv. to du(o) two + -plex -plex

Related forms:
du⋅plex⋅i⋅ty, noun
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du·plex   (dōō'plěks', dyōō'-)   
adj.  

  1. Twofold; double.

  2. Having two apartments, divisions, or floors.

  3. Relating to or being a single assembly of machinery having two identical units that are capable of operating simultaneously or independently.

  4. Electronics Of or relating to a communications mode, as in a telephone system, that provides simultaneous transmission and reception in both directions.

n.  

  1. A house divided into two living units or residences, usually having separate entrances.

  2. Something, such as an apartment, that is duplex.


[Latin; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]
du·plex'i·ty (-plěk'sĭ-tē) n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: du·plex
Pronunciation: 'd(y)ü-"pleks
Function: noun
: a molecule having two complementary polynucleotide strands of DNA or of DNAand RNA —duplex adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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