Dual
['djuːəl] or ['dʊəl]
Definition
(adj.) a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural); 'ancient Greek had the dual form but it has merged with the plural form in modern Greek' .
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Definition
(a.) Expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two; as, the dual number of nouns, etc. , in Greek.
Typist: Sol
Definition
adj. consisting of two.—ns. Dū′ad a pair of objects looked at as one; Dū′al-control′ any joint control or jurisdiction as of England and France in Egypt; Dū′alism (philos.) that view which seeks to explain the world by the assumption of two radically independent and absolute elements—e.g. (1) the doctrine of the entire separation of spirit and matter thus being opposed both to idealism and to materialism; (2) the doctrine of two distinct principles of good and of evil or of two distinct divine beings of these characters; Dū′alist a believer in dualism.—adj. Dualis′tic consisting of two: relating to dualism.—ns. Dual′ity doubleness: state of being double; Dū′al-school a school for both boys and girls; Dū′archy government by two.
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Examples
- He seemed to balance her perfectly in opposition to himself, in their dual motion of walking. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They were like students flying a machine with dual controls which the pilot could take over whenever they made a mistake. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- From what I have seen of him, I wonder how Lister will be at that once the dual controls are gone? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There seemed to be a dual consciousness running in him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They had no method of counting beyond a method of indicating two by a dual number, and some way of expressing many. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But Gerald remained with Birkin, wanting to probe him to the bottom, to know what he meant by the dual will in horses. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- After a while there would not be dual controls and then we would see how well they handled divisions and army corps alone. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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