duplex
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin duplex (“double, two-fold”), from duo (“two”) + plico (“fold together”); compare πλέκω (plékō, “twist, braid”).
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: do͞o'plĕks, IPA(key): /ˈduplɛks/
Adjective
duplex (not comparable)
- Double, made up of two parts.
- (telecommunications) Bidirectional (in two directions).
- duplex telegraphy
Antonyms
- (bidirectional): simplex (unidirectional)
Derived terms
Related terms
- contraplex
- diplex
- duplex escapement
- duplex lathe
- duplex pumping engine
- duplex querela
- duplex watch
Translations
double
two direction
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Noun
duplex (plural duplexes)
- (US) A house made up of two dwelling units.
- (philately) A cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date, and place of posting.
- (juggling) A throwing motion where two balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.
- (biochemistry) A double-stranded polynucleotide.
- (geology) A system of multiple thrust faults bounded above and below by a roof thrust and floor thrust.
- 1993, David J. Lidke, Jack Burton Epstein, Chester A. Wallace, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin (page 16)
- In contrast, the folds in the overlying lithotectonic unit 4 are larger and are cut by a series of faults in a duplex.
- 1995, Robert D. Hatcher, Structural Geology: Principles, Concepts, and Problems (page 211)
- It has been noted, using a combination of surface geologic and seismic reflection data, that a duplex, although formed in response to movement of a thrust sheet, frequently arches the thrust sheet as the duplex is built by duplication of rocks beneath it […]
- 1993, David J. Lidke, Jack Burton Epstein, Chester A. Wallace, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin (page 16)
Related terms
→
- diplex
- 2-plex
Translations
house
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See also
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dy.plɛks/
Noun
duplex m (plural duplex)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “duplex” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Etymology
Formed from duo (“two”) and plec-, from the root of plicō (“fold”); cf. also plectō, plexum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdu.pleks/, [ˈdʊ.pɫɛks]
Inflection
Third declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | duplex | duplex | duplicēs | duplicia | |
Genitive | duplicis | duplicis | duplicium | duplicium | |
Dative | duplicī | duplicī | duplicibus | duplicibus | |
Accusative | duplicem | duplex | duplicēs | duplicia | |
Ablative | duplicī | duplicī | duplicibus | duplicibus | |
Vocative | duplex | duplex | duplicēs | duplicia |
- Sg.Abl. sometimes duplice.
Descendants
References
- duplex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- duplex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- duplex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- duplex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a twofold tradition prevails on this subject: duplex est memoria de aliqua re
- in two, three columns: agmine duplici, triplici
- a twofold tradition prevails on this subject: duplex est memoria de aliqua re
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