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dual
English
Alternative forms
- du. (abbreviation, grammar)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dualis (“two”), from duo (“two”) + adjective suffix -alis
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: dyo?o'?l, djo?o'?l; IPA(key): /?dju?.?l/, /?d?u?.?l/
- (US) enPR: d(y)o?o'?l; IPA(key): /?d(j)u?.?l/
- Rhymes: -??l
- Homophone: duel
Adjective
dual (not comparable)
- Exhibiting duality; characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
- Acting as a counterpart.
- Double.
- (grammar) Pertaining to grammatical number (as in singular and plural), referring to two of something, such as a pair of shoes, in the context of the singular, plural and, in some languages, trial grammatical number.
- Modern Arabic displays a dual number, as did Homeric Greek.
- (linear algebra) Being the space of all linear functionals of (some other space).
- 2012, Doug Fisher, Hans-J. Lenz, Learning from Data: Artificial Intelligence and Statistics V, Springer Science & Business Media ?ISBN, page 81
- Accordingly, a hyperplane in the sample space is dual to a subspace in the variable space.
- 2012, Doug Fisher, Hans-J. Lenz, Learning from Data: Artificial Intelligence and Statistics V, Springer Science & Business Media ?ISBN, page 81
- (category theory) Being the dual of some other category; containing the same objects but with source and target reversed for all morphisms.
- 1992, Colin McLarty, Elementary Categories, Elementary Toposes, Clarendon Press ?ISBN, page 77
- Every category is dual to its own dual, so if a statement holds in all categories so does its dual.
- 1992, Colin McLarty, Elementary Categories, Elementary Toposes, Clarendon Press ?ISBN, page 77
Synonyms
- (having two components): double, twin; see also Thesaurus:dual
- (double): double, duplicate; see also Thesaurus:twofold
- (category theory): opposite
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
dual (plural duals)
- Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair.
- (geometry) Of a regular polyhedron with V vertices and F faces, the regular polyhedron having F vertices and V faces.
- (grammar) dual number The grammatical number of a noun marking two of something (as in singular, dual, plural), sometimes referring to two of anything (a couple of, exactly two of), or a chirality-marked pair (as in left and right, as with gloves or shoes) or in some languages as a discourse marker, "between you and me". A few languages display trial number.
- (mathematics) Of a vector in an inner product space, the linear functional corresponding to taking the inner product with that vector. The set of all duals is a vector space called the dual space.
Translations
See also
- (grammatical numbers) grammatical number; singular, dual, trial, quadral, paucal, plural (Category: en:Grammar)
- unal
- duel
Verb
dual (third-person singular simple present duals, present participle (UK) dualling or (US) dualing, simple past and past participle (UK) dualled or (US) dualed)
- (transitive) To convert from single to dual; specifically, to convert a single-carriageway road to a dual carriageway.
- 1994, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates
- I have to declare an interest and I do so with some ambivalence because if the road is dualled it is likely to take half of my front garden.
- 1998, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates
- Way back in 1971, the Government of the day first published plans for a high-capacity road network, which included the dualling of the A47 from King's Lynn to Great Yarmouth.
- 2006, David Lowe, Intermodal Freight Transport, p. 163
- The power generation and propulsion systems are dualled to accommodate component failure and maintain propulsion at reduced speed should any part of one system be lost.
- 1994, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates
Anagrams
- Auld, Daul, Dula, auld, laud, udal
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [du?a?l]
- Hyphenation: du?al
- Rhymes: -a?l
Adjective
dual (not comparable)
- dual
Declension
Further reading
- “dual” in Duden online
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??u?l?/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish dúal (“tress, lock of hair”), from Proto-Celtic *doklos, from Proto-Indo-European *do?los (compare Icelandic tagl (“horse’s tail”), Old English tæ?l, English tail).
Noun
dual m (genitive singular duail, nominative plural duail)
- lock, tress
- Synonyms: dlaoi, dual gruaige
- wisp, tuft
- Synonym: dlaoi
- ply, strand
- twist, twine
- spiral, whirl
Declension
Derived terms
- dualach1
Verb
dual (present analytic dualann, future analytic dualfaidh, verbal noun dualadh, past participle dualta)
- (transitive) twine
- (transitive) braid, coil
- (transitive) interlace, fold
Conjugation
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
dual m (genitive singular duail, nominative plural duail)
- dowel
- knot (in timber)
- Synonyms: alt, cranra
Declension
Derived terms
- dualach2
- dualbhata
Etymology 3
From Old Irish dúal (“that which belongs or is proper to an individual by nature or descent”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewg?-.
Adjective
dual (genitive singular masculine duail, genitive singular feminine duaile, plural duala, comparative duaile)
- native, natural
- proper, fitting
- in the natural order of things
- fated
- possible
Declension
Mutation
Further reading
- "dual" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 dúal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “2 dúal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “dual” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “dual” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Portuguese
Adjective
dual m or f (plural duais, comparable)
- dual (having two elements)
Romanian
Etymology
From French duel, from Latin dualis.
Noun
dual n (plural duale)
- (grammar) dual
Declension
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
From Old Irish dúal (“that which belongs or is proper to an individual by nature or descent”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewg?-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?u???/
Adjective
dual (comparative duaile)
- hereditary
- usual, natural
Noun
dual m (genitive singular duail, plural dualan)
- birthright
- Synonym: còir-bhreith
- due
- something which is natural and/or usual
Derived terms
- bu dual do dh'isean an ròin a dhol chun na mara
Etymology 2
From Old Irish dúal (“tress, lock of hair”), from Proto-Celtic *doklos, from Proto-Indo-European *do?los.
Noun
dual m (genitive singular duail, plural dualan)
- curl, lock of hair
- plait, strand, braid, or fold
- ringlet
Verb
dual (past dhual, future dualidh, verbal noun dualadh, past participle dualte)
- plait, twist
- loop, curl
- fold
- link
Mutation
References
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911) , “dual”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, ?ISBN, page 145
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 dúal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “2 dúal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Spanish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
dual (plural duales)
- dual
- (grammar) dual
dual From the web:
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- what duality means
- what dual mean
- what dual sim means
- what dual band router means
- what dually truck is best
- what dual credit classes are there
- what dual enrollment classes to take
doubly
English
Etymology
From Middle English dowbly, doubli, dubli, doubeliche, equivalent to double +? -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?b.li/
- Hyphenation: doub?ly
Adverb
doubly (not comparable)
- (usually of relative importance, of degree, quantity or measure) In a double manner; with twice the severity or degree.
- In two ways
- (obsolete) with duplicity
Synonyms
- (in a double manner): double, twofold; see also Thesaurus:twice
- (in two ways): dually
- (with duplicity): deceptively, double-handedly, duplicitously
Translations
References
Anagrams
- bloudy
doubly From the web:
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- what is doubly reinforced beam
- what is doubly fed induction generator
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