Definition of DUPLEX

duplex

Meanings

Plural: duplexes, duplices

Noun

  • a house with two units sharing a common wall
  • an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase
  • A house made up of two dwelling units.
  • A dwelling unit with two floors.
  • A cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date, and place of posting.
  • A throwing motion where two balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.
  • A double-stranded polynucleotide.
  • A system of multiple thrust faults bounded above and below by a roof thrust and floor thrust.

Verb

  • change into a duplex
  • To make duplex.
  • To make into a duplex.
  • To make a series of duplex throws.

Adjective Satellite

  • (used technically of a device or process) having two parts
    • "a duplex transaction"
  • allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously
    • "duplex system"
    • "duplex telephony"

Adj

  • Double; made up of two parts.
  • Having two floors.
  • Double; made up of two parts.
  • Having two units, divisions, suites, or apartments.
  • Double; made up of two parts.
  • Of stainless steel: having a structure containing austenite and ferrite in roughly equal proportions.
  • Bidirectional (in two directions).
  • Having horizons with contrasting textures.

Origin / Etymology

PIE word
*dwóh₁
Borrowed from Latin duplex (“double, two-fold”), from duo (“two”) + plico (“fold together”); compare the roots of διπλόος (diplóos, “double”); compare also πλέκω (plékō, “twist, braid”). By surface analysis, duo- + -plex.

Synonyms

duplex apartment, duplex house, semidetached house

Scrabble Score: 16

duplex is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
duplex is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
duplex is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

duplex is a valid Words With Friends word