Thesaurus: duplex

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1. a. Double; twofold.
2. adj. (used technically of a device or process) having two parts
3. adj. allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously
4. n. a house with two units sharing a common wall
5. n. an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase
6. v. change into a duplex
7. Double; twofold. 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 Etym: [L., double complaint] (Eccl. Law), a complaint in the nature of an appeal from the ordinary to his immediate superior, as from a bishop to an archbishop. Mozley & W. -- Duplex telegraphy, a system of telegraphy for sending two messages over the same wire simultaneously. -- Duplex watch, one with a duplex escapement.
8. Double; twofold. Duplex escapement, a peculiar kind of watchescapement, in which the scape-wheel has two sets of teeth. SeeEscapement.-- Duplex lathe, one for turning off, screwing, and surfacing, bymeans of two cutting tools, on opposite sides of the piece operatedupon.-- Duplex pumping engine, a steam pump in which two steam cylindersare placed side by side, one operating the valves of the other.-- Duplex querela Etym: [L., double complaint] (Eccl. Law), acomplaint in the nature of an appeal from the ordinary to hisimmediate superior, as from a bishop to an archbishop. Mozley & W.-- Duplex telegraphy, a system of telegraphy for sending twomessages over the same wire simultaneously.-- Duplex watch, one with a duplex escapement.
9. j:83/n:17 v. change into a duplex s. (used technically of a device or process) having two parts s. allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously