Duplex
noun
A building that is divided into two separate homes.
We decided to rent the duplex because it was more spacious than our old apartment.
Often appears as...
- live in a duplex
- rent a duplex
noun
A flat or apartment on two levels with internal stairs.
She rented a duplex in New York City with a beautiful view of the park.
Often appears as...
- rent a duplex
- buy a duplex
noun
A system of telecommunication for making or transmitting two-way simultaneous transmissions of voice or data.
The duplex system allows both participants to speak and listen at the same time.
Often appears as...
- duplex communication
- duplex system
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Technical
adjective
Having two parts, in particular.
The duplex contract contained two separate agreements within it.
Often appears as...
- duplex system
- duplex contract
adjective
Relating to or denoting a system or apparatus suitable for the simultaneous transmission of two signals.
The duplex transmitter can send data in both directions simultaneously.
Often appears as...
- duplex transmitter
- duplex operation
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A building that is divided into two separate homes.
We decided to rent the duplex because it was more spacious than our old apartment.
Often appears as...
- live in a duplex
- rent a duplex
noun
A flat or apartment on two levels with internal stairs.
She rented a duplex in New York City with a beautiful view of the park.
Often appears as...
- rent a duplex
- buy a duplex
noun
A system of telecommunication for making or transmitting two-way simultaneous transmissions of voice or data.
The duplex system allows both participants to speak and listen at the same time.
Often appears as...
- duplex communication
- duplex system
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Having two parts, in particular.
The duplex contract contained two separate agreements within it.
Often appears as...
- duplex system
- duplex contract
adjective
Relating to or denoting a system or apparatus suitable for the simultaneous transmission of two signals.
The duplex transmitter can send data in both directions simultaneously.
Often appears as...
- duplex transmitter
- duplex operation
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Two separate homes
A duplex is one building divided into two units, but with separate entrances for each home.
The two families lived side by side in the same duplex, sharing a wall but not a front door.
Pro Tip 2/3Ownership implications
Buying a duplex can mean becoming a landlord, as owners often live in one unit and rent out the other.
After purchasing the duplex, they moved into one side and started looking for tenants for the other.
Pro Tip 3/3Spacious alternative
Duplexes often offer more space than a typical apartment, making them good for families or roommates.
They were excited to rent the duplex, looking forward to more bedrooms and a backyard.
Pro Tip 1/3Two separate homes
A duplex is one building divided into two units, but with separate entrances for each home.
The two families lived side by side in the same duplex, sharing a wall but not a front door.
Pro Tip 2/3Ownership implications
Buying a duplex can mean becoming a landlord, as owners often live in one unit and rent out the other.
After purchasing the duplex, they moved into one side and started looking for tenants for the other.
Pro Tip 3/3Spacious alternative
Duplexes often offer more space than a typical apartment, making them good for families or roommates.
They were excited to rent the duplex, looking forward to more bedrooms and a backyard.
Pro Tip 1/3Two separate homes
A duplex is one building divided into two units, but with separate entrances for each home.
The two families lived side by side in the same duplex, sharing a wall but not a front door.
Pro Tip 2/3Ownership implications
Buying a duplex can mean becoming a landlord, as owners often live in one unit and rent out the other.
After purchasing the duplex, they moved into one side and started looking for tenants for the other.
Pro Tip 3/3Spacious alternative
Duplexes often offer more space than a typical apartment, making them good for families or roommates.
They were excited to rent the duplex, looking forward to more bedrooms and a backyard.
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Jonathan Haidt:...
and generated vast wealth and comfort. Nowadays we fly around like individual bees exulting in our freedom. But sometimes we Is this all there is? What should I do with my life? What's missing? What's missing is that we are Homo duplex,
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Jonathan Haidt:...
and generated vast wealth and comfort. Nowadays we fly around like individual bees exulting in our freedom. But sometimes we Is this all there is? What should I do with my life? What's missing? What's missing is that we are Homo duplex,
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Charles Saatchi
British Businessman
Some people in the art world bemoan the hedge fund millionaires spending freely to acquire ostentatious displays of wealth and coolth for their giddily chic designer duplexes. Others bemoan art being treated as a commodity. But most of the bemoaning is because the art world is stuffed full of bemoaners, bemoaning about everything.
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Stephen Rodrick
American Journalist
Matt Leinart's L.A. duplex looks more like a Chuck E. Cheese safe house than a millionaire jock's crash pad. There's the requisite leather couch and flat-screen television, but the rest of the ground floor is bare except for a pile of Nick Jr. DVDs, a high chair, and a SpongeBob SquarePants director's chair.
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Matthew Desmond
American Sociologist
Some white Milwakeeans still referred to the North side as 'the cire', as they did in the 1960s, and if they ventured into it, they saw street after street of sagging duplexes, fading murals, twenty-four hour daycares, and corner stores with 'WIC Accepted Here' signs.
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Ice T
American Musician
I was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in Summit, an upscale town in north Jersey. There was this tiny area of Summit where most of the black families lived. My parents and I lived in a duplex house on Williams Street.
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Takashi Murakami
Japanese Artist
I grew up in a low-income area of Tokyo. Like most homes in Tokyo, ours was small. It was a free-standing, two-family rental duplex built 30 years earlier.
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Carol W. Greider
American Scientist
RNase H is a specific RNase that will cleave the RNA of a DNA/RNA duplex.
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Stephen Karam
American Playwright
I lived in a basement duplex on 96th Street on the Upper West Side.
Quote examples
Charles Saatchi
British Businessman
Some people in the art world bemoan the hedge fund millionaires spending freely to acquire ostentatious displays of wealth and coolth for their giddily chic designer duplexes. Others bemoan art being treated as a commodity. But most of the bemoaning is because the art world is stuffed full of bemoaners, bemoaning about everything.
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Stephen Rodrick
American Journalist
Matt Leinart's L.A. duplex looks more like a Chuck E. Cheese safe house than a millionaire jock's crash pad. There's the requisite leather couch and flat-screen television, but the rest of the ground floor is bare except for a pile of Nick Jr. DVDs, a high chair, and a SpongeBob SquarePants director's chair.
Quote examples
Matthew Desmond
American Sociologist
Some white Milwakeeans still referred to the North side as 'the cire', as they did in the 1960s, and if they ventured into it, they saw street after street of sagging duplexes, fading murals, twenty-four hour daycares, and corner stores with 'WIC Accepted Here' signs.
Quote examples
Ice T
American Musician
I was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in Summit, an upscale town in north Jersey. There was this tiny area of Summit where most of the black families lived. My parents and I lived in a duplex house on Williams Street.
Quote examples
Takashi Murakami
Japanese Artist
I grew up in a low-income area of Tokyo. Like most homes in Tokyo, ours was small. It was a free-standing, two-family rental duplex built 30 years earlier.
Quote examples
Carol W. Greider
American Scientist
RNase H is a specific RNase that will cleave the RNA of a DNA/RNA duplex.
Quote examples
Stephen Karam
American Playwright
I lived in a basement duplex on 96th Street on the Upper West Side.
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