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The definition of a duplex is something with two parts.

(adjective)

An example of a duplex manufacturing process is a two-part manufacturing process.
An example of a duplex building is where there are two separate apartments and you live in one and your neighbor lives in another.

A duplex is defined as a house or building with two separate units.

(noun)

An example of a duplex is a house with two living units with a common wall.

See duplex in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

double; twofold
designating or of a system of telegraphy in which two messages may be sent simultaneously in opposite directions over a single circuit
Machinery having two units operating in the same way or simultaneously

Origin: L, consisting of two leaves, double < duo, two + -plex, -fold < plicare, to fold < IE base *plak-, *plag- > flag, Gr plax, surface, infl. by early assoc. with duplus, double

noun

duplex house
duplex apartment

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duplexity noun

See duplex in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Twofold; double.
Having two apartments, divisions, or floors.
Relating to or being a single assembly of machinery having two identical units that are capable of operating simultaneously or independently.
Electronics Of or relating to a communications mode, as in a telephone system, that provides simultaneous transmission and reception in both directions.

noun