dual has definitions from the field of grammar
1
[ adjective ] consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs

Synonyms

double duple

Examples

"an egg with a double yolk" "a double (binary) star" "double doors" "dual controls for pilot and copilot" "duple (or double) time consists of a multiple of two beats to a measure"

Used in print

(High Fidelity, 11:10...)

The many and frequent performances of the Trout serve to emphasize the dual nature of its writing .

(Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)

Such a dual derivation was strikingly demonstrated during the injection process where initial filling would be noted to occur in several isolated pleural vessels at_once .

(Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)

They must continue to satisfy basic capital needs ; and there persists the dual problem of maintaining operational unity around a national program of modernization while simultaneously decentralizing participation in the program to wider and wider groups .

Related terms

multiple

2
[ adjective ] having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities

Examples

"a double (or dual) role for an actor" "the office of a clergyman is twofold public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson

Related terms

multiple

3
[ adjective ] (grammar) a grammatical number category referring to two items or units (as opposed to one item (singular) or more than one item (plural))

Examples

"ancient Greek had the dual form but it has merged with the plural form in modern Greek"

Related terms

plural

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