Duplicate
[ˈdjuːplɪkeɪt] or ['duplɪket]
Definition
(noun.) a copy that corresponds to an original exactly; 'he made a duplicate for the files'.
(verb.) make or do or perform again; 'He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick'.
(verb.) make a duplicate or duplicates of; 'Could you please duplicate this letter for me?'.
(adj.) being two identical .
(adj.) identically copied from an original; 'a duplicate key' .
Editor: Woodrow--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Double; twofold.
(n.) That which exactly resembles or corresponds to something else; another, correspondent to the first; hence, a copy; a transcript; a counterpart.
(n.) An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original.
(v. t.) To double; to fold; to render double.
(v. t.) To make a duplicate of (something); to make a copy or transcript of.
(v. t.) To divide into two by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, infusoria duplicate themselves.
Typist: Rodger
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Double, twofold.
n. Copy, transcript, counterpart.
Edited by Fergus
Examples
- The image is a duplicate of the object, but appears to be behind the mirror. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Has a duplicate key been found in his possession? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- My fingers clawed futilely at the unyielding portal, while my eyes sought in vain for a duplicate of the button which had given us ingress. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- This man, Lucas, furnished a duplicate. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- My object now was to examine the duplicate register of Old Welmingham Church. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You have a duplicate key? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- And as for bones of St. Denis, I feel certain we have seen enough of them to duplicate him if necessary. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It is very doubtful if any single fingerprint will ever be exactly duplicated by any finger other than the one which originally made it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The perforated strips were prepared in thirty minutes by ten persons, and duplicated by nine copyists. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- You can find Tammany duplicated wherever there is a social group to be governed--in trade unions, in clubs, in boys' gangs, in the Four Hundred, in the Socialist Party. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- By this process a letter, postal card, drawing, or other manuscript can be duplicated from sixty to one hundred times from one original. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The letter or sketch to be duplicated is written on a sheet of paper with ink specially prepared for the purpose (see inks). William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The points of light, so duplicated, would thus form the image of the object. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A very important feature in record-making, from a commercial standpoint, is in means for cheaply duplicating records. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Another United States patent, covering a method of duplicating or copying sound records, was granted to Charles Sumner Tainter in 1886. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It consisted of many milling machines and other tools for duplicating. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- By the process of electrotyping, plates of metal duplicating exactly the printing surface of the type and engravings in the original page, can be made. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In making a somewhat radical change of subject, from duplicating machines to cement, we find ourselves in a field in which Edison has made a most decided impression. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- These copies or duplicates are the talking-machine records which the public ultimately purchases. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- While duplicates of the two letters were being made, the Union generals present were severally presented to General Lee. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Consequently, it is necessary to provide some way by which duplicates may be made cheaply enough to permit their purchase by the public at a reasonable price. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- May I ask whether the two busts smashed in Dr. Barnicot's rooms were the exact duplicates of the one which was destroyed in Morse Hudson's shop? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- There are a number of duplicates of each character, and the moulds containing the same character are all arranged in one tube. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Here are his keys, which are the duplicates of Mr. Rucastle's. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Pawnbroker's shop--duplicates here--small sums--mere nothing--all rascals. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Editor: Mary