duplex

Plural: duplexes, duplices

Noun

a house with two units sharing a common wall
an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase
A house made up of two dwelling units.
A dwelling unit with two floors.
A cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date, and place of posting.
A throwing motion where two balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.
A double-stranded polynucleotide.
A system of multiple thrust faults bounded above and below by a roof thrust and floor thrust.

Verb

Verb Forms: duplexed, duplexing, duplexes

To make something double or having two parts.
change into a duplex
To make duplex.
To make into a duplex.
To make a series of duplex throws.

Adjective Satellite

(used technically of a device or process) having two parts
- "a duplex transaction"
allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously
- "duplex system"
- "duplex telephony"

Adj

Double; made up of two parts.
Having two floors.
Double; made up of two parts.
Having two units, divisions, suites, or apartments.
Double; made up of two parts.
Of stainless steel: having a structure containing austenite and ferrite in roughly equal proportions.
Bidirectional (in two directions).
Having horizons with contrasting textures.

Examples

duplex telegraphy
He tried to DUPLEX his points by playing parallel words, but the board was too tight.

Origin / Etymology

PIE word
*dwóh₁
Borrowed from Latin duplex (“double, two-fold”), from duo (“two”) + plico (“fold together”); compare the roots of διπλόος (diplóos, “double”); compare also πλέκω (plékō, “twist, braid”). By surface analysis, duo- + -plex.

Synonyms

duplex apartment, duplex house, semidetached house

Antonyms

simplex, unidirectional

Scrabble Score: 16

duplex: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
duplex: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
duplex: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

duplex: valid Words With Friends Word