Dual

/ˈdjuː.əl/

The meaning and definition of Dual, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

adjective

(grammar) Pertaining to grammatical number (as in singular and plural), referring to two of something, such as a pair of shoes, in the context of the singular, plural and, in some languages, trial grammatical number.
“Modern Arabic displays a dual number, as did Homeric Greek.”
Double.
“a dual-headed computer”

noun

Of a regular polyhedron with V vertices and F faces, the regular polyhedron having F vertices and V faces.
“The octahedron is the dual of the cube.”
Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair.

Synonyms opposite double duplicate twin

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