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duplex

[ doo-pleks, dyoo- ]

noun

  1. paper or cardboard having different colors, finishes, or stocks on opposite sides.
  2. Printing.
    1. a method of reproducing an illustration using two halftone plates, one black and the other in a color.
    2. a printing press equipped to print both sides of a sheet in one pass.
  3. Genetics. a double-stranded region of DNA.


adjective

  1. having two parts; double; twofold.
  2. (of a machine) having two identical working units, operating together or independently, in a single framework or assembly.
  3. 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)

  1. to make duplex; make or change into a duplex:

    Many owners are duplexing their old houses for extra income.

duplex

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noun

  1. a duplex apartment or house
  2. a double-stranded region in a nucleic acid molecule
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. having two parts
  2. machinery having pairs of components of independent but identical function
  3. permitting the transmission of simultaneous signals in both directions in a radio, telecommunications, or computer channel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of duplex1

1810–20; < Latin: twofold, double, equivalent to du ( o ) two + -plex -plex
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of duplex1

C19: from Latin: twofold, from duo two + -plex -fold
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Smiley declined to say how much he’s paying in monthly rent for the duplex, but said the price seemed fair.

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The duplex spans roughly 12,560 square feet and includes seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a library, conservatory, home theater, an in-unit elevator and two massive terraces.

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But when they had to leave their duplex recently and find a new home, one parent told me living in Alhambra made no financial sense.

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Harris has described her formative years living in a Berkeley duplex as an ideal place for a child of immigrants and an influential introduction to Black leadership.

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And then, out of the blue, I get a call from my landlord: She’s selling the duplex, and we may have to move.

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