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dual Definition:
- Dual may refer to:
| Dual (a.) Expressing, or consisting of, the number two |
| DIP switch / dual inline package switch (computer science) one of a set of small on-off switches mounted in computer hardware, used in place of jumpers to configure the machine for a user |
| divided highway / dual carriageway a highway divided down the middle by a barrier that separates traffic going in different directions, "in Britain they call a divided highway a dual carriageway" |
| dual scan display a type of passive matrix display in which the top and bottom half of the screen are refreshed simultaneously |
| dual a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural), "ancient Greek had the dual form but it has merged with the plural form in modern Greek" |
| double dual / duple consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs, "an egg with a double yolk", "a double (binary) star", "double doors", "dual controls for pilot and copilot", "duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure" |
| double dual twofold two-fold treble threefold three-fold having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities, "a double (or dual) role for an actor", "the office of a clergyman is twofold, public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson, "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison |
| divided / dual-lane having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions, "a divided highway" |
dual Synonyme:
| dual Janus-like ambidextrous bifacial bifold biform bifurcated bilateral binary binate biparous bipartisan bipartite bivalent conduplicate dichotomous disomatous double double-barreled double-faced duadic dualistic duple duplex duplicate duplicated dyadic geminate geminated identical matched paired second secondary twain twin twinned two two-faced two-level two-ply two-sided two-story twofold |
| dual personality alcoholic alternating personality antisocial personality catatonia catatonic schizophrenia dementia praecox depersonalization disconnection disordered personality dissociation dissociation of personality disturbed personality double personality drug user emotional dissociation emotionally unstable personality escapist hebephrenia hebephrenic schizophrenia hostile personality hypochondriac hypochondriast idiot imaginary invalid immature personality inadequate personality inferior personality malade imaginaire maladjusted personality mental dissociation mentally defective personality moral insanity multiple personality neuropath neurotic neurotic personality paranoia paranoid personality paranoid psychosis paraphrenia personality disorganization perverse personality psychoneurotic psychopath psychopathic personality psychotic psychotic personality schizoid schizoid personality schizoidism schizophrenia schizothymia seclusive personality sexual psychopath shut-in personality sociopath split personality valetudinarian valetudinary weak personality |
| dualism Janus acosmism allotheism ambiguity ambivalence anthropolatry anthropomorphism anthropotheism autotheism biformity bifurcation conjugation cosmotheism deism dichotomy ditheism doubleness doublethink doubling duality duplexity duplication duplicity dyotheism equivocality halving henotheism hylotheism irony monolatry monotheism multitheism myriotheism pairing pantheism physicomorphism physitheism pluralism polarity polytheism psychotheism tetratheism theism theopantism theriotheism tritheism twinning two-facedness twoness zootheism |