dual
Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
Other meanings
Pertaining to two, pertaining to a pair of.
Pertaining to a grammatical in certain languages that refers to two of something, such as a pair of shoes.
“Modern Arabic displays a dual number, as did Homeric Greek.”
Synonyms
- double
Related words
- bidual
- codual
- coduality
- dualic
- dualie
- dualisation
- dualist
- dualistic
- dualization
- dualize
- dually
- dualski
Word history
From Latin "dualis" (two).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “dual” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.