Found 2 items, similar to duplex.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: duplex
duplex
adj 1: (used technically of a device or process) having two parts;
“a duplex transaction”
2: allowing communication in opposite directions
simultaneously;
“duplex system”;
“duplex telephony”
duplex
n 1: a house with two units sharing a common wall [syn:
duplex house
,
semidetached house]
2: an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected
by a staircase [syn:
duplex apartment]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: duplex
duplex
\du"plex\, n. [See
Duplex, a.]
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.
[PJC]
2. (Biology, Genetics) a double-stranded region in a nucleic
acid molecule. See
deoxyribonucleic acid.
[PJC]