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Definitions for Dual

[1] of, relating to, or noting two.
[2] composed or consisting of two people, items, parts, etc., together; twofold; double: dual ownership; dual controls on a plane.
[3] having a twofold, or double, character or nature.
[4] Grammar . being or pertaining to a member of the category of number, as in Old English, Old Russian, or Arabic, that denotes two of the things in question.
[5] the dual number.
[6] a form in the dual, as Old English git “you two,” as contrasted with ge “you” referring to three or more.
[7] relating to or denoting two
[8] twofold; double
[9] (in the grammar of Old English, Ancient Greek, and certain other languages) denoting a form of a word indicating that exactly two referents are being referred to
[10] maths logic (of structures or expressions) having the property that the interchange of certain pairs of terms, and usually the distribution of negation, yields equivalent structures or expressions
[11] grammar the dual number a dual form of a word
[12] (tr) British to make (a road) into a dual carriageway

Words related to Dual

binary, double, duplex, duplicate, twin, bifold, binal, coupled, doubleheader, duple

Words nearby Dual

du quoin, du sable, du vigneaud, du., duad, dual, dual alliance, dual carriageway, dual citizen, dual citizenship, dual heritage

Origin of Dual

1535–45; < Latin duālis containing two, relating to a pair, equivalent to du(o ) two + -ālis -al1

Words that may be confused with Dual

dual, duel

Other words from Dual

du·al·ly , adverb

Word origin for Dual

C17: from Latin duālis concerning two, from duo two

Synonyms for Dual

bifold, binal, binary, coupled, double, doubleheader, duple, duplex, duplicate, matched, paired, twin