Borrowed fromLatin dualis ( “ two ” ) , fromduo ( “ two ” ) + adjective suffix-alis
dual (notcomparable )
Characterized by havingtwo (usually equivalent) components.Synonyms: double twin see also Thesaurus:dual adual -motor vehicle Pertaining totwo , pertaining to apair of.Synonyms: double duplicate see also Thesaurus:twofold dual engine failuredual citizenship2020 Christian Egalitarian Leadership: Empowering the Whole Church According to the Scriptures , page48 :Both Deborah and Samuel helddual roles as judges and prophets.
( grammar ) grammatical number Coordinate terms: singular trial plural Modern Arabic displays adual number, as did Homeric Greek.
( mathematics , physics ) duality .( linear algebra ) linear functionals of (some other space).2012 Learning from Data: Artificial Intelligence and Statistics V , Springer Science & Business Media,→ISBN 81 :Accordingly, a hyperplane in the sample space isdual to a subspace in the variable space.
( category theory ) dual of some other category; containing the same objects but with source and target reversed for allmorphisms .Synonym: opposite 1992 Elementary Categories, Elementary Toposes , Clarendon Press,→ISBN 77 :Every category isdual to its own dual, so if a statement holds in all categories so does its dual.
having two components
Bulgarian:от две части ( ot dve časti ) Catalan:dual (ca) Dutch:tweeledig (nl) Esperanto:duparta duala duobla (eo) ,binara (eo) Finnish:( in compounds ) kaksi- (fi) ,kaksois- (fi) ,duaalinen duaali- (fi) French:double (fr) ,duel (fr) ,dual (fr) Hungarian:kettős (hu) Indonesian:dwi (id) Italian:duale (it) ,doppio (it) Latin:duālis Manx:dooblit Polish:dwoisty (pl) ,podwójny (pl) Portuguese:dual (pt) Russian:двойно́й (ru) ( dvojnój ) ,дво́йственный (ru) ( dvójstvennyj ) Slovene:dvojen (sl) Spanish:doble (es) ,dual (es) Welsh:deuol
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dual (plural duals
Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair. ( geometry ) regular polyhedron withV vertices andF faces, the regular polyhedron havingF vertices andV faces.The octahedron is the dual of the cube.
( grammar ) dual number .( mathematics ) vector in aninner product space , thelinear functional corresponding to taking theinner product with that vector. The set of all duals is avector space called thedual space .( wrestling ) match ormeet between two teams, such as two high schools or colleges.2010 August 3, Kevin Revolinski,Insiders' Guide® to Madison, WI , Rowman & Littlefield,→ISBN 137 :Wrestlingduals and meets take place at the Wisconsin Field House. There are no advance single event ticket sales.
2014 November 18, Mark Schultz, David Thomas,Foxcatcher: The True Story of My Brother's Murder, John du Pont's Madness, and the Quest for Olympic Gold , Penguin,→ISBN But Dave agreed to participate in the Bulgariandual , and that trapped me into having to wrestle, too.
2023 October 19, Jason Norman,American Women in Amateur Wrestling, 2000-2022 , McFarland,→ISBN 203 :Early in 2021, she became the first female to compete and win a match at the Ter-Hark Cup wrestlingdual , helping her squad to victory.
grammatical number of a noun marking two of something
dual (third-person singular simple present duals present participle ( UK ) dualling or ( US ) dualing simple past and past participle ( UK ) dualled or ( US ) dualed
( transitive ) carriageway road to adual carriageway .1994 Parliamentary Debates :I have to declare an interest and I do so with some ambivalence because if the road isdualled it is likely to take half of my front garden.
2006 Intermodal Freight Transport , page163 :The power generation and propulsion systems aredualled to accommodate component failure and maintain propulsion at reduced speed should any part of one system be lost.
2021 September 22, “Network News: Nexus increases Tyne and Wear Metro train order to 46”, inRAIL , number940 , page23 :The investment will allow Nexus to increase service frequencies, reduce journey times, and improve reliability bydualling three sections of line between Pelaw and South Shields.
dual (feminine duale masculine plural duaux feminine plural duales
dual dual m plural duaux
dual dual (strong nominative masculine singular dualer not comparable )
dual Positive forms ofdual (uncomparable )
“dual ” inDuden online “dual ” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache IPA (key ) : /d̪ˠuəl̪ˠ/ ,/d̪ˠuəlˠ/ FromOld Irish dúal ( “ tress, lock of hair ” ) , fromProto-Celtic *doklos Proto-Indo-European *doḱlos Icelandic tagl ( “ horse’s tail ” ) ,Old English tæġl English tail
dual m genitive singular duail nominative plural duail
lock ,tress Synonyms: dlaoi dual gruaige wisp ,tuft Synonym: dlaoi ply ,strand twist ,twine spiral ,whirl dual (present analytic dualann future analytic dualfaidh verbal noun dualadh past participle dualta
( transitive ) twine ( transitive ) braid ,coil ( transitive ) interlace ,fold verbal noun dualadh past participle dualta tense singular plural relative autonomous first second third first second third indicative present dualaim dualann dualair † dualann dualaimid dualann dualann dualaid † adhualann dhualas ndualann dualtar past dhual dhualas dhual dhualais dhual dhualamar dhual dhual dhualabhair dhual dhualadar adhual dhual dualadh past habitual dhualainn ndualainn dhualtá ndualtá dhualadh ndualadh dhualaimis dhualadh ndualaimis ndualadh dhualadh ndualadh dhualaidís dhualadh ndualaidís ndualadh adhualadh ndualadh dhualtaí ndualtaí future dualfaidh dualfad dualfaidh dualfair † dualfaidh dualfaimid dualfaidh dualfaidh dualfaidh dualfaid † adhualfaidh dhualfas ndualfaidh dualfar conditional dhualfainn ndualfainn dhualfá ndualfá dhualfadh ndualfadh dhualfaimis dhualfadh ndualfaimis ndualfadh dhualfadh ndualfadh dhualfaidís dhualfadh ndualfaidís ndualfadh adhualfadh ndualfadh dhualfaí ndualfaí subjunctive present gonduala ndualad † gonduala ndualair † gonduala gondualaimid nduala gonduala gonduala ndualaid † — gondualtar past dándualainn dándualtá dándualadh dándualaimis ndualadh dándualadh dándualaidís ndualadh — dándualtaí imperative – dualaim dual dualadh dualaimis dualaigí dualaidh † dualaidís — dualtar
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dual m genitive singular duail nominative plural duail
dowel knot ( in timber ) Synonyms: alt cranra FromOld Irish dúal ( “ that which belongs or is proper to an individual by nature or descent ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-
dual (genitive singular masculine duail genitive singular feminine duaile plural duala comparative duaile
native ,natural Isdual dó a bheith leisciúil. ―He is naturally lazy. proper ,fitting in the naturalorder of things fated possible 1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ) “dual ”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “1 dúal ”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “2 dúal ”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959 ) “dual ”, inEnglish-Irish Dictionary , An GúmFinck, F. N. (1899 )Die araner mundart The Aran Dialect 72 “dual ”, inNew English-Irish Dictionary , Foras na Gaeilge,2013-2025 ( Brazil ) IPA (key ) : /duˈaw/ [dʊˈaʊ̯] ,( faster pronunciation ) /ˈdwaw/ [ˈdwaʊ̯]
Rhymes:( Portugal ) -al ( Brazil ) -aw Hyphenation:du‧al dual m or f plural duais notcomparable )
dual ( having two elements ) Borrowed fromFrench duel Latin dualis
dual n plural duale
( grammar ) dual FromOld Irish dúal ( “ that which belongs or is proper to an individual by nature or descent ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-
dual (comparative duaile
hereditary usual ,natural 'Sdual do phoileasman a bhithamharasach . ―It's natural for a policeman to be suspicious. dual m genitive singular duail plural dualan
birthright Synonym: còir-bhreith due something which isnatural and/orusual Old Irish dúal ( “ tress, lock of hair ” ) , fromProto-Celtic *doklos Proto-Indo-European *doḱlos
dual m genitive singular duail plural dualan
curl ,lock ofhair plait ,strand ,braid , orfold ringlet dual (past dhual future dualidh verbal noun dualadh past participle dualte
plait ,twist loop ,curl fold link Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “1 dúal ”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “2 dúal ”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language FromLatin duālis
IPA (key ) : /ˈdwal/ [ˈd̪wal] Rhymes:-al Syllabification:dual dual m or f masculine and feminine plural duales
dual ( grammar ) dual 
