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Word: Duplex
Speech Type: Noun
mid 16th century (as an adjective): from Latin duplex, duplic-, from duo ‘two’ + plicare ‘to fold’. The noun dates from the 1920s
ˈdjuːplɛks
a residential building divided into two apartments.
Short Definition:residential building divided into two apartments
a double-stranded polynucleotide molecule.
Short Definition:double-stranded polynucleotide molecule
Word: Duplex
Speech Type: Adjective
ˈdjuːplɛks
(of a house) consisting of two apartments.
Short Definition:consisting of two flats
(of paper or board) having two differently coloured layers or sides.
Short Definition:(of paper etc.) having two differently coloured layers
(of a communications system, computer circuit, etc.) allowing the transmission of two signals simultaneously in opposite directions.
Short Definition:allowing simultaneous transmission of two signals in opposite directions
(of DNA) formed of two cross-linked polynucleotide strands.
Short Definition:(of DNA) formed of two cross-linked polynucleotide strands
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