Definitions
How to pronounce dual:
Dual - as an adjective satellite
Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
Example: "An egg with a double yolk"
Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
Example: "A double (or dual) role for an actor"
A grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural)
Example: "Ancient greek had the dual form but it has merged with the plural form in modern greek"
Dual - as a noun
Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair.
Of a regular polyhedron with v vertices and f faces, the regular polyhedron having f vertices and v faces.
Example: "The octahedron is the dual of the cube."
(grammar) dual number the grammatical number of a noun marking two of something (as in singular, dual, plural), sometimes referring to two of anything (a couple of, exactly two of), or a chirality-marked pair (as in left and right, as with gloves or shoes) or in some languages as a discourse marker, "between you and me". a few languages display trial number.
Of a vector in an inner product space, the linear functional corresponding to taking the inner product with that vector. the set of all duals is a vector space called the dual space.
Dual - as a verb
To convert from single to dual; specifically, to convert a single-carriageway road to a dual carriageway.
Dual - as an adjective
Exhibiting duality; characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
Acting as a counterpart.
Double.
Example: "A dual-headed computer"
(grammar) pertaining to grammatical number (as in singular and plural), referring to two of something, such as a pair of shoes, in the context of the singular, plural and, in some languages, trial grammatical number.
Example: "Modern arabic displays a dual number, as did homeric greek."
Being the space of all linear functionals of (some other space).
Being the dual of some other category; containing the same objects but with source and target reversed for all morphisms.
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Word Game Points
DUAL has a SCRABBLE points total of 5.
DUAL has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 7.
DUAL has a WORDFEUD points total of 6.
