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dual number definition

dual number

a grammatical number category referring to exactly two persons or things: distinguished by inflection, in such languages as classical Greek and Old English, from singular and plural

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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