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Duplex   /dˈuplˌɛks/   Listen
adjective
Duplex  adj.  
1.
Double; twofold.
2.
(Computers) Organized so that data may be transmitted in two opposite directions over the same channel; of communications channels, such as data transfer lines between computers.
Duplex escapement, a peculiar kind of watch escapement, in which the scape-wheel has two sets of teeth. See Escapement.
Duplex lathe, one for turning off, screwing, and surfacing, by means of two cutting tools, on opposite sides of the piece operated upon.
Duplex pumping engine, a steam pump in which two steam cylinders are placed side by side, one operating the valves of the other.
Duplex querela (Eccl. Law), a complaint in the nature of an appeal from the ordinary to his immediate superior, as from a bishop to an archbishop.
Duplex telegraphy, a system of telegraphy for sending two messages over the same wire simultaneously.
Duplex watch, one with a duplex escapement.
half duplex (Computers)
(a)
arranged so that the information may be transmitted in both directions, but only in one direction at a time; of communications channels between computers; contrasted with full duplex(a).
(b)
arranged so that the information transmitted to the remote computer also appears on the local terminal; of communications channels between computers; contrasted with full duplex(b).
full duplex, (Computers)
(a)
arranged so that the information may be transmitted in both directions simultaneously; of communications channels between computers; contrasted with half duplex(a).
(b)
arranged so that the information transmitted to the remote computer does not appear on the local terminal; of communications channels between computers; contrasted with half duplex(b).


noun
duplex  n.  
1.
Something which is duplex; used mostly in reference to a living unit, such as an apartment, in a building having two similar living units.
2.
(Biology, Genetics) A double-stranded region in a nucleic acid molecule. See deoxyribonucleic acid.


verb
Duplex  v. t.  (Teleg.) To arrange, as a telegraph line, so that two messages may be transmitted simultaneously; to equip with a duplex telegraphic outfit.





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"Duplex" Quotes from Famous Books



... ac Praesulis Natus; comes Beaumontis; sic, quippe Parnassus, biceps; FLETCHERUS unam in Pyramida furcas agens. Struxit chorum plus simplicem Vates Duplex; Plus duplicem solus: nec ullum transtulit; Nec transferendus: Dramatum aeterni sales, Anglo Theatro, ...
— The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher in Ten Volumes - Volume I. • Beaumont and Fletcher
... of data on a serial line, when accomplished by rapidly tweaking a single output bit, in software, at the appropriate times. The technique is a simple loop with eight OUT and SHIFT instruction pairs for each byte. Input is more interesting. And full duplex (doing input and output at the same time) is one way to separate the real hackers from ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0
... Subjects, 1796, went into a second edition in 1797 under the title, Poems by S.T. Coleridge, Second Edition, to which are now added Poems by Charles Lamb and Charles Lloyd. Coleridge invented a motto from Groscollius for the title-page, bearing upon this poetical partnership: "Duplex nobis vinculum, et amicitiae et similium junctarumque Camoenarum; quod utinam neque mors solvat, neque temporis longinquitas!" "Double is the bond which binds us—friendship, and a kindred taste in poetry. Would that neither death nor lapse of ...
— The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb IV - Poems and Plays • Charles and Mary Lamb
... mens humana, dum iustificatur, per motum liberi arbitrii recedat a peccato et accedat ad iustitiam. Recessus autem et accessus in motu liberi arbitru accipitur secundum detestationem et desiderium.... Oportet igitur quod in iustificatione impii sit motus liberi arbitrii duplex: unus quo per desiderium tendat in Dei iustitiam, ...
— Grace, Actual and Habitual • Joseph Pohle
... we write it was an eminently peaceful scene. So still was the atmosphere, so unruffled the water, that the island and the piratical-looking schooner seemed to float in the centre of a duplex world, where every cloudlet in the blue above had its exact counterpart in the blue below. No sounds were heard save the dull roar of the breaker that fell, at long regular intervals, on the seaward side of the reef, and no motion was visible except the back-fin ...
— The Madman and the Pirate • R.M. Ballantyne


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