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DUPLEX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does duplex mean?
• DUPLEX (noun)
The noun DUPLEX has 2 senses:
1. a house with two units sharing a common wall
2. an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase
Familiarity information: DUPLEX used as a noun is rare.
• DUPLEX (adjective)
The adjective DUPLEX has 2 senses:
1. (used technically of a device or process) having two parts
2. allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously
Familiarity information: DUPLEX used as an adjective is rare.
• DUPLEX (verb)
The verb DUPLEX has 1 sense:
1. change into a duplex
Familiarity information: DUPLEX used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A house with two units sharing a common wall
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
duplex; duplex house; semidetached house
Hypernyms ("duplex" is a kind of...):
house (a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
duplex; duplex apartment
Hypernyms ("duplex" is a kind of...):
apartment; flat (a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used technically of a device or process) having two parts
Context example:
a duplex transaction
Similar:
multiple (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously
Context example:
duplex telephony
Similar:
bidirectional (reactive or functioning or allowing movement in two usually opposite directions)
Domain category:
telecom; telecommunication ((often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically)
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it duplexes Past simple: duplexed
Past participle: duplexed
-ing form: duplexing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Change into a duplex
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "duplex" is one way to...):
convert (change the nature, purpose, or function of something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples
This process is involved in repairing broken DNA and creating combinations of genes that may be unique from the parent duplexes.
(Homologous Recombination, NCI Thesaurus)
It was a duplex that also offered an elevator, and inside the apartment, a spiral staircase linked the upstairs bedrooms from the large living room.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
This allele, which encodes helicase POLQ-like protein, is involved in the modulation of DNA duplex unwinding.
(HELQ wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
KU70 and KU80 form a dyad-symmetrical ring molecule that encircles duplex DNA.
(Ku Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
If left unrepaired, base pair miscoding can result in mutation to one of the daughter DNA duplexes.
(Base Pair Miscoding, NCI Thesaurus)
Pibenzimol binds to AT-specific sites in the minor groove of duplex DNA and inhibits topoisomerase I, and DNA polymerase, thereby preventing DNA replication.
(Pibenzimol, NCI Thesaurus)
KU70 and KU80 form a dyad-symmetrical molecule with a preformed ring that encircles duplex DNA.
(Ku70 Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
This yields double stranded daughter DNA duplexes with combinations of genes that may be unique from those of the parent duplexes.
(Holliday Junction, NCI Thesaurus)
A congenital abnormality of the kidney characterized by the presence of two separate pelvicocaliceal systems with a single or duplex ureter.
(Duplex Kidney, NCI Thesaurus)
Most RNA and RNA-DNA duplex are in this form.
(A-DNA, NCI Thesaurus)
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