duplexity

Variant of duplex

duplex definition

du·plex (do̵̅o̅′pleks′, dyo̵̅o̅′-)

adjective

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

Etymology: 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

  1. duplex house
  2. duplex apartment

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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