Dual
/ˈdjuː.əl/
The meaning and definition of Dual, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.
Definition
adjective
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(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.”
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Double.
“a dual-headed computer”
noun
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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.
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Origin
From Latin dualis.
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