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duplex

US/ˈdu.plɛks/

duplex adjective: having two floors.

duplex: having two floors
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Adjective

duplex (not comparable)

  1. Having two floors.
  2. Having two units, divisions, suites, or apartments.
  3. Of stainless steel: having a structure containing austenite and ferrite in roughly equal proportions.
    • Duplex stainless steels have been classified according to the first period (1930–1960) and second period (1960–1990). The designations for these duplex alloys in the United States have been primarily according to Unified Numbering System (UNS) numbers in the S3xxx.x series.2010, Harold M. Cobb, The History of Stainless Steel, Materials Park, O.H.: ASM International, →ISBN, page 189
  4. Bidirectional (in two directions).
    • duplex telegraphy
  5. (soil science) Having horizons with contrasting textures.
    • Soils are duplex, sandy and solodic. The dominant trees are the stringybark eucalypts […]1977, Australian Journal of Botany, volume 25, page 462

Noun

duplex (plural duplexes or duplices)

  1. (Australia, Canada, US) A house made up of two dwelling units.
    • The house had been renovated into a duplex and he’d put in a phone line.2020, Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji, Faber & Faber Ltd, page 53
    Synonyms:
    semi-detached house
  2. (US) A dwelling unit with two floors.
  3. A cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date, and place of posting.
  4. A throwing motion where two balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.
  5. A double-stranded polynucleotide.
  6. A system of multiple thrust faults bounded above and below by a roof thrust and floor thrust.
    • In contrast, the folds in the overlying lithotectonic unit 4 are larger and are cut by a series of faults in a duplex.1993, David J. Lidke, Jack Burton Epstein, Chester A. Wallace, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, page 16
    • It has been noted, using a combination of surface geologic and seismic reflection data, that a duplex, although formed in response to movement of a thrust sheet, frequently arches the thrust sheet as the duplex is built by duplication of rocks beneath it […]1995, Robert D. Hatcher, Structural Geology: Principles, Concepts, and Problems, page 211

Verb

duplex (third-person singular simple present duplexes, present participle duplexing, simple past and past participle duplexed)

  1. To make duplex.
  2. To make into a duplex.
  3. To make a series of duplex throws.

duplex meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

duplex in Hindi

डुप्लेक्स

duplex in Tamil

இரட்டையான, இருமையான, இருபிரிவுக் கட்டடம், இருமை, இருமடி, எதிர் எதிர் இரட்டைமுறை

duplex in Marathi

डुप्लेक्स

duplex in Urdu

ڈوپلیکس, ڈپلیکس, ڈوپلیکس کرنا
More languagesFewer languages
duplex in Bengali
ডুপ্লেক্স
duplex in Telugu
డ్యూప్లెక్స్, డ్యుప్లెక్స్
duplex in Malayalam
ഡ്യൂപ്ലെക്സ്, ഡ്യുപ്ലെക്സ്, ഡൂപ്ലെക്സ്
duplex in Kannada
ಜೋಡಿಮನೆ, ದ್ವಿಮುಖ ಸಂಚಾರಿ
duplex in Punjabi
ਡੁਪਲੈਕਸ, ਡੁਪਲੇਕਸ, ਡੁਪਲਕਸ
duplex in Gujarati
ડુપ્લેક્સ
duplex in Odia
ଡୁପ୍ଲେକ୍ସ
duplex in Nepali
डुप्लेक्स, ड्युप्लेक्स, डुप्लेक्स गर्न
duplex in Vietnamese
song công

Examples of duplex in a sentence

  • Aunt Charlie, Dreya, and Manny moved here a year ago when they got evicted from their duplex.
  • The residential sector, which covers most of the territory, includes duplexes, triplexes, quintuplexes and bungalows.
  • Transcription begins at some site in the DNA duplex and ends at some other point.

All 19 example sentences with duplex

Synonyms of duplex

  • semi-detached house

Antonyms

Forms of duplex

Noun
pluralduplexes
pluralduplices
Verb
third-person singular presentduplexes
present participleduplexing
past participleduplexed
pastduplexed

Origin of duplex

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.

Words formed from duplex

Phrases with duplex

Words that rhyme with duplex

Questions about duplex

What does duplex mean?
Duplex means having two floors.
What is duplex in Hindi?
Duplex in Hindi is डुप्लेक्स. See Duplex meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is duplex?
Duplex can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce duplex?
Duplex is pronounced /ˈdu.plɛks/ (US).

Words near duplex in the dictionary

  1. Dupler
  2. Duplers
  3. DuPlessis
  4. duplet
  5. duplets
  6. duplex
  7. duplex escapement
  8. duplex escapements
  9. duplex lathe
  10. duplex lathes
  11. duplex nail

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: duplex (page history and authors); duplex (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); duplex (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); duplex (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); duplex (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); duplex (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); duplex (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); duplex (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); duplex (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); duplex (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); duplex (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); duplex (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); duplex (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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