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Definitions for Duplex

[1] duplex apartment.
[2] duplex house.
[3] paper or cardboard having different colors, finishes, or stocks on opposite sides.
[4] Printing . a method of reproducing an illustration using two halftone plates, one black and the other in a color. a printing press equipped to print both sides of a sheet in one pass.
[5] Genetics . a double-stranded region of DNA.
[6] having two parts; double; twofold.
[7] (of a machine) having two identical working units, operating together or independently, in a single framework or assembly.
[8] pertaining to or noting a telecommunications system, as most telephone systems, permitting the simultaneous transmission of two messages in opposite directions over one channel.
[9] to make duplex; make or change into a duplex: Many owners are duplexing their old houses for extra income.
[10] US and Canadian a duplex apartment or house
[11] a double-stranded region in a nucleic acid molecule
[12] having two parts
[13] machinery having pairs of components of independent but identical function
[14] permitting the transmission of simultaneous signals in both directions in a radio, telecommunications, or computer channel

Words related to Duplex

double, twin

Words nearby Duplex

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Origin of Duplex

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

Other words from Duplex

du·plex·i·ty , noun

Word origin for Duplex

C19: from Latin: twofold, from duo two + -plex -fold

Synonyms for Duplex

double, paired, twin