duality
a dual state or quality.
Mathematics. a symmetry within a mathematical system such that a theorem remains valid if certain objects, relations, or operations are interchanged, as the interchange of points and lines in a plane in projective geometry.
Origin of duality
1Other words from duality
- non·du·al·i·ty, noun
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How to use duality in a sentence
Buried halfway underground, the work has a duality of life and death—is it growing or is it a tomb?
“We liked the duality of these low-plunging costumes because Amy could slip from being confident to vulnerable,” says Wilkinson.
Creating American Hustle’s Sexy, Oscar-Nominated Look: From Pasties to The Plaza | Marlow Stern | February 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMuch like the duality of his shop, Simon is half goateed-rocker, half cicerone sage.
Look Out! There’s a Craft-Beer Revolution Taking Over France | Jeff Campagna | December 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThat duality is represented by Tom Ford more than any other designer.
As a ballerina, to embody the duality of the Swan Queen and the black swan can be a fiendishly difficult task.
He saw her struggles and her tears… the mysterious duality working to possess her soul.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThey were a duality the constitutive forces of which alternately assumed supremacy.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick Niecksduality is the root, out of which alone, for mortals, happiness can spring.
The Substance of a Dream | F. W. BainFrom the top to the bottom of the sexual scale the new being springs invariably from a duality.
The Natural Philosophy of Love | Remy de GourmontI shall merely pause here in my narrative to indicate this duality, this perplexing mixing of personality.
Before Adam | Jack London
British Dictionary definitions for duality
/ (djuːˈælɪtɪ) /
the state or quality of being two or in two parts; dichotomy
physics the principle that a wave-particle duality exists in microphysics in which wave theory and corpuscular theory are complementary. The propagation of electromagnetic radiation is analysed using wave theory but its interaction with matter is described in terms of photons. The condition of particles such as electrons, neutrons, and atoms is described in terms of de Broglie waves
geometry the interchangeability of the roles of the point and the plane in statements and theorems in projective geometry
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