Dual
adjective
Having two parts, uses, or sides.
The house has a dual function as a home and a shop.
Often appears as...
- dual function
- dual role
adjective
In computing, identifying a system or piece of software that can manage or operate on two different things supported by a single device or resource.
Dual-core processors have two execution cores in a single processor.
Often appears as...
- dual-core
- dual-mode
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Technical
adjective
In Linguistics, identifying a grammatical number category of the noun that indicates two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural).
In some languages, nouns have a dual form to refer to two of something.
Often appears as...
- dual form
- dual number
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Academic
adjective
Having two parts, uses, or sides.
The house has a dual function as a home and a shop.
Often appears as...
- dual function
- dual role
adjective
In computing, identifying a system or piece of software that can manage or operate on two different things supported by a single device or resource.
Dual-core processors have two execution cores in a single processor.
Often appears as...
- dual-core
- dual-mode
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
In Linguistics, identifying a grammatical number category of the noun that indicates two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural).
In some languages, nouns have a dual form to refer to two of something.
Often appears as...
- dual form
- dual number
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Versatile Usage
The word 'dual' often highlights flexibility, as something serves more than one purpose.
A couch with a dual function can be turned into a bed.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Equal
'Dual' implies two aspects, but they may not be of equal importance or size.
His dual responsibilities include training and hiring, but he spends more time training.
Pro Tip 3/3Hidden Complexity
'Dual' can indicate something seeming simple but having complexity underneath.
The game has a dual nature with easy rules but deep strategy.
Pro Tip 1/3Versatile Usage
The word 'dual' often highlights flexibility, as something serves more than one purpose.
A couch with a dual function can be turned into a bed.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Equal
'Dual' implies two aspects, but they may not be of equal importance or size.
His dual responsibilities include training and hiring, but he spends more time training.
Pro Tip 3/3Hidden Complexity
'Dual' can indicate something seeming simple but having complexity underneath.
The game has a dual nature with easy rules but deep strategy.
Pro Tip 1/3Versatile Usage
The word 'dual' often highlights flexibility, as something serves more than one purpose.
A couch with a dual function can be turned into a bed.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Equal
'Dual' implies two aspects, but they may not be of equal importance or size.
His dual responsibilities include training and hiring, but he spends more time training.
Pro Tip 3/3Hidden Complexity
'Dual' can indicate something seeming simple but having complexity underneath.
The game has a dual nature with easy rules but deep strategy.
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Adorable Underwater Dogs...
pain and also that helps them move more easily so we think of doggy paddle that we passed and dual wheel ends yeah I mean are there any different kinds of puddle of you sort of turn they all have their own particular style and you'll see if the thoughts moving quite differently and the difference between swimming and on land is when they're
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Particles and waves: The...
This might sound crazy. If you look around, you'll see waves in water and particles of rock, and they're nothing alike. So why would you think to combine them? Physicists didn't just decide to mash these things together out of no where. Rather, they were led to the dual nature of the universe through a process of small steps,
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3 lessons on success...
have each found their unique approach to working their life as they continue to shoulder the lion's share of responsibility in the home. But this is not just about surviving in your dual role as a career woman and mother. This is also about being in the present. When I am with my children,
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What is déjà vu? What is...
using the same restaurant setting for each. First up is dual processing. We'll need an action. Let's go with a waiter dropping a tray of dishes. As the scene unfolds, your brain's hemispheres process a flurry of the waiter's flailing arms, his cry for help,
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The Worth of Water PIPE...
growing human population it's vital we all find ways to save this precious resource simple actions can help like turning the tap off when brushing our teeth taking shorter showers installing dual flush toilets and cutting out pre-rinsing when using
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The real reason you...
Deciding when to write is sometimes a tug of war. Margaret's dual identity strategy isn't as strange as it sounds. Psychologists have long observed that we have two selves, the want self and the should self. Your want self runs on emotions.
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Unpacking the nuts and...
value of your money by shrinking or growing the money supply as it sees fit this idea often puts the u.s. at odds with other current countries because of the US currencies dual role as a de-facto world reserve currency recently
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How computers are...
has also unexpectedly connected with the world of machine creativity and machine art. I think Michelangelo had a penetrating insight into to this dual relationship between perception and creativity. This is a famous quote of
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Why humans run the world...
To conclude, We humans control the world because we live in a dual reality. All other animals live in an objective reality. Their reality consists of objective entities,
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Rethinking infidelity...
I said, "Yes." I look at affairs from a dual hurt and betrayal on one side, growth and self-discovery on the other -- what it did to you, and what it meant for me.
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Adorable Underwater Dogs...
pain and also that helps them move more easily so we think of doggy paddle that we passed and dual wheel ends yeah I mean are there any different kinds of puddle of you sort of turn they all have their own particular style and you'll see if the thoughts moving quite differently and the difference between swimming and on land is when they're
Video examples
Particles and waves: The...
This might sound crazy. If you look around, you'll see waves in water and particles of rock, and they're nothing alike. So why would you think to combine them? Physicists didn't just decide to mash these things together out of no where. Rather, they were led to the dual nature of the universe through a process of small steps,
Video examples
3 lessons on success...
have each found their unique approach to working their life as they continue to shoulder the lion's share of responsibility in the home. But this is not just about surviving in your dual role as a career woman and mother. This is also about being in the present. When I am with my children,
Video examples
What is déjà vu? What is...
using the same restaurant setting for each. First up is dual processing. We'll need an action. Let's go with a waiter dropping a tray of dishes. As the scene unfolds, your brain's hemispheres process a flurry of the waiter's flailing arms, his cry for help,
Video examples
The Worth of Water PIPE...
growing human population it's vital we all find ways to save this precious resource simple actions can help like turning the tap off when brushing our teeth taking shorter showers installing dual flush toilets and cutting out pre-rinsing when using
Video examples
The real reason you...
Deciding when to write is sometimes a tug of war. Margaret's dual identity strategy isn't as strange as it sounds. Psychologists have long observed that we have two selves, the want self and the should self. Your want self runs on emotions.
Video examples
Unpacking the nuts and...
value of your money by shrinking or growing the money supply as it sees fit this idea often puts the u.s. at odds with other current countries because of the US currencies dual role as a de-facto world reserve currency recently
Video examples
How computers are...
has also unexpectedly connected with the world of machine creativity and machine art. I think Michelangelo had a penetrating insight into to this dual relationship between perception and creativity. This is a famous quote of
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Why humans run the world...
To conclude, We humans control the world because we live in a dual reality. All other animals live in an objective reality. Their reality consists of objective entities,
Video examples
Rethinking infidelity...
I said, "Yes." I look at affairs from a dual hurt and betrayal on one side, growth and self-discovery on the other -- what it did to you, and what it meant for me.
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Amelia Earhart
American Aviator
Mostly, my flying has been solo, but the preparation for it wasn't. Without my husband's help and encouragement, I could not have attempted what I have. Ours has been a contented and reasonable partnership, he with his solo jobs and I with mine. But always with work and play together, conducted under a satisfactory system of dual control.
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Philip Kaufman
American Director
I shot a lot of close-ups on this movie 'cause there's like a dual mystery, she's searching through her haunted past to find some truth and she's also following an external mystery where she comes to think she might be the killer.
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Barbara Deming
American Author
We believe, in fact, that the one act of respect has little force unless matched by the other - in balance with it... The acting out of that dual respect I would name as precisely the source of our power.
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Lupe Fiasco
American Musician
I always saw two sides of life. I saw the dudes who would be the gangsta, big-time guys on the block, but would also be dedicated fathers. It was kind of weird to see that dual story that everybody has.
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Max Heindel
Danish Celebrity
Among all the characters mentioned in the Bible, none is more mysterious than Melchisedec; said to be without father, mother, or earthly kin, and holding the dual office of king and priest.
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Jon Gruden
American Coach
Mariota is special in a lot of ways. He's a dynamic dual threat on the field, and he is humble - no-nonsense, full of character - off the field.
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Ashley Greene
American Actress
I live a dual life. On the red carpet, it's complete glam. But at home, I'm a jeans and T-shirt kind of girl. Simple can be beautiful.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
American Actor
I think the dual existence thing is a regular pastime for all human beings, and for that matter anything in this universe.
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Jeff Zucker
American Businessman
The cable model is just a better model. Dual revenue stream: advertising-supported and subscription-supported revenues.
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James Nesbitt
Irish Actor
I lived a dual life, and when my dual life exploded, I began to feel much happier.
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Amelia Earhart
American Aviator
Mostly, my flying has been solo, but the preparation for it wasn't. Without my husband's help and encouragement, I could not have attempted what I have. Ours has been a contented and reasonable partnership, he with his solo jobs and I with mine. But always with work and play together, conducted under a satisfactory system of dual control.
Quote examples
Philip Kaufman
American Director
I shot a lot of close-ups on this movie 'cause there's like a dual mystery, she's searching through her haunted past to find some truth and she's also following an external mystery where she comes to think she might be the killer.
Quote examples
Barbara Deming
American Author
We believe, in fact, that the one act of respect has little force unless matched by the other - in balance with it... The acting out of that dual respect I would name as precisely the source of our power.
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Lupe Fiasco
American Musician
I always saw two sides of life. I saw the dudes who would be the gangsta, big-time guys on the block, but would also be dedicated fathers. It was kind of weird to see that dual story that everybody has.
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Max Heindel
Danish Celebrity
Among all the characters mentioned in the Bible, none is more mysterious than Melchisedec; said to be without father, mother, or earthly kin, and holding the dual office of king and priest.
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Jon Gruden
American Coach
Mariota is special in a lot of ways. He's a dynamic dual threat on the field, and he is humble - no-nonsense, full of character - off the field.
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Ashley Greene
American Actress
I live a dual life. On the red carpet, it's complete glam. But at home, I'm a jeans and T-shirt kind of girl. Simple can be beautiful.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
American Actor
I think the dual existence thing is a regular pastime for all human beings, and for that matter anything in this universe.
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Jeff Zucker
American Businessman
The cable model is just a better model. Dual revenue stream: advertising-supported and subscription-supported revenues.
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James Nesbitt
Irish Actor
I lived a dual life, and when my dual life exploded, I began to feel much happier.
Example 1 of 10
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