Definitions of dual [ˈdu əl, ˈdyu-]

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Definition of 'dual'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) dual
of, pertaining to, or noting two.

2.  dual
composed or consisting of two people, items, parts, etc., together; twofold; double:
dual ownership.

3.  dual
having a twofold, or double, character or nature.

4.  dual
of or belonging to a grammatical category of number, as in Old English, Old Russian, or Arabic, used to indicate that a word denotes two persons or things.

5.  dual
a word or other form in the dual.

Etymology: (1535–45; < L duālis containing two, relating to a pair)

Definition of 'dual'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) double, dual, duple
consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
"an egg with a double yolk"; "a double (binary) star"; "double doors"; "dual controls for pilot and copilot"; "duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure"

2. (adj) double, dual, twofold, two-fold, treble, threefold, three-fold
having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
"a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison

3. (adj) dual
a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural)
"ancient Greek had the dual form but it has merged with the plural form in modern Greek"

Definition of 'dual'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) dual
expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two; as, the dual number of nouns, etc. , in Greek

Translation of 'dual'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: double; twofold; made up of two a gadget with a dual purpose; The driving instructor's car has dual controls.
Afrikaans: dubbel	Arabic: مُزْدَوِج	Bulgarian: двоен
Brazilian: duplo	Czech: dvojí	German: doppelt
Danish: dobbelt	Greek: διπλός	Spanish: doble
Estonian: kahekordne	Farsi: دوگانه؛ دوجانبه	Finnish: kaksois-
French: double	Hebrew: זוּגִי, כָּפוּל	Hindi: द्वि, द्वय, दोहरा
Croatian: dvostruki, dupli	Hungarian: kettős	Indonesian: ganda
Icelandic: tvöfaldur	Italian: doppio	Japanese: ２重の
Korean: 2개의	Lithuanian: dvigubas, dvejopas	Latvian: divkāršs; dubults
Malay: dwi	Dutch: tweevoudig	Norwegian: dobbelt, to-, tve-
Polish: dwojaki, podwójny	Persian: دوگانه؛ دوجانبه	Pashto: دوګانه، دوه جانبه
Portuguese: duplo	Romanian: dublu	Russian: двойной
Slovak: dvojaký	Slovenian: dvojen	Serbian: dvostruki
Swedish: dubbel, tvåfaldig	Thai: เป็นคู่	Turkish: ikili,çift
Taiwanese: 成雙的，二重的	Ukrainian: подвійний; спільний	Urdu: دگنا
Vietnamese: đôi	Chinese: 双的，二重的
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