Dual

Meaning

Adj

●

In Two:

Characterized by having two (usually

) components.

●

In Two:

Pertaining to two,

to a

of.

●

In Grammar & Two:

Pertaining to a

grammatical number

in certain

that

to two of something, such as a

of shoes.

●

In Mathematics & Physics:

Exhibiting duality.

●

In Linear algebra:

Being the

linear functionals

of (some other

).

●

In Category theory:

Being the dual of some other

;

the same

but with

and

morphisms.

Noun

●

Of an

that is one of a

, the other

in the

.

●

In Geometry:

Of a

with V

and F

aces, the

having F

and V

aces.

●

In Grammar & Two:

The dual number.

●

In Mathematics:

Of a

in an

inner product space

, the

linear functional

to

the

with that

. The set

is a

called the dual

.

Verb

●

To

from

to dual;

, to

a

-carriageway

to a dual carriageway.

Sourced from

Origin

dual

English

dualis

Latin

-alis

Latin

-isme

French

dual

French

duo

Latin

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