'Duplex' definitions:
Definition of 'duplex'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(used technically of a device or process) having two parts; "a duplex transaction"
adjective
Allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously; "duplex system"; "duplex telephony"
noun
A house with two units sharing a common wall [syn: duplex house, duplex, semidetached house]
noun
An apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase [syn: duplex apartment, duplex]
verb
Change into a duplex
Definition of 'Duplex'
From: GCIDE
- Duplex \Du"plex\, v. t. [See Duplex, a.] (Teleg.) To arrange, as a telegraph line, so that two messages may be transmitted simultaneously; to equip with a duplex telegraphic outfit. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Duplex'
From: GCIDE
- Duplex \Du"plex\, a. [L., fr. duo two + plicare to fold. See Two, and Complex.]
- 1. Double; twofold. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Computers) organized so that data may be transmitted in two opposite directions over the same channel; -- of communications channels, such as data transfer lines between computers. [PJC]
- Duplex escapement, a peculiar kind of watch escapement, in which the scape-wheel has two sets of teeth. See Escapement.
- Duplex lathe, one for turning off, screwing, and surfacing, by means of two cutting tools, on opposite sides of the piece operated upon.
- Duplex pumping engine, a steam pump in which two steam cylinders are placed side by side, one operating the valves of the other.
- Duplex querela [L., double complaint] (Eccl. Law), a complaint in the nature of an appeal from the ordinary to his immediate superior, as from a bishop to an archbishop. --Mozley & W.
- Duplex telegraphy, a system of telegraphy for sending two messages over the same wire simultaneously.
- Duplex watch, one with a duplex escapement.
- half duplex (Computers) (a) arranged so that the information may be transmitted in both directions, but only in one direction at a time; -- of communications channels between computers; contrasted with full duplex(a). (b) arranged so that the information transmitted to the remote computer also appears on the local terminal; -- of communications channels between computers; contrasted with full duplex(b).
- full duplex, (Computers) (a) arranged so that the information may be transmitted in both directions simultaneously; -- of communications channels between computers; contrasted with {half duplex(a)}. (b) arranged so that the information transmitted to the remote computer does not appear on the local terminal; -- of communications channels between computers; contrasted with half duplex(b). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'duplex'
From: GCIDE
- duplex \du"plex\, n. [See Duplex, a.]
- 1. something which is duplex; -- used mostly in reference to a living unit, such as an apartment, in a building having two similar living units. [PJC]
- 2. (Biology, Genetics) a double-stranded region in a nucleic acid molecule. See deoxyribonucleic acid. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'duplex'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambidextrous,
- apartment house,
- bifacial,
- bifold,
- biform,
- bifurcated,
- bilateral,
- binary,
- binate,
- biparous,
- bipartisan,
- bipartite,
- bivalent,
- condominium,
- conduplicate,
- cooperative apartment house,
- dichotomous,
- disomatous,
- double,
- double-barreled,
- double-faced,
- duadic,
- dual,
- dualistic,
- duple,
- duplex house,
- duplicate,
- duplicated,
- dyadic,
- flats,
- geminate,
- geminated,
- high-rise apartment building,
- identical,
- Janus-like,
- matched,
- second,
- secondary,
- tenement,
- twain,
- twin,
- twinned,
- two,
- two-faced,
- two-level,
- two-ply,
- two-sided,
- two-story,
- twofold