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duplex

du·plex
D d

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [doo-pleks, dyoo-]
    • /ˈdu plɛks, ˈdyu-/
    • /ˈdjuː.pleks/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [doo-pleks, dyoo-]
    • /ˈdu plɛks, ˈdyu-/

Definitions of duplex word

  • noun duplex duplex apartment. 1
  • noun duplex duplex house. 1
  • noun duplex paper or cardboard having different colors, finishes, or stocks on opposite sides. 1
  • noun duplex 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. 1
  • noun duplex Genetics. a double-stranded region of DNA. 1
  • adjective duplex having two parts; double; twofold. 1
See all 33 definitions of duplex

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Origin of duplex

First appearance:

before 1810
One of the 40% newest English words
1810-20; < Latin: twofold, double, equivalent to du(o) two + -plex -plex

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Parts of speech for Duplex

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Duplex

duplex popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for duplex

adj duplex

  • double — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
  • twin — either of two children or animals brought forth at a birth.
  • twofold — having two elements or parts.
All 3 Synonyms of duplex

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Related words

  • duplex apartment

    an apartment with rooms on two connected floors.

  • duplex house

    a house having separate apartments for two families, especially a two-story house having a complete apartment on each floor and two separate entrances.

  • duplicate

    a copy exactly like an original.

  • duplicity

    deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double-dealing. Synonyms: deceit, deception, dissimulation, fraud, guile, hypocrisy, trickery. Antonyms: candidness, directness, honesty, straightforwardness.

  • duplex lock

    a lock capable of being opened either by a master key or a change key, each operating its own mechanism.

  • duplex process

    any of several methods for making steel in which the process is begun in one furnace and finished in another.
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