Look up: Dual

1. dual
   [adj] - a grammatical number category referring to two items or units (as opposed to one item (singular) or more than one item (plural))
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2. dual
   a spacecraft design whereby the main body of the satellite is spun to provide altitude stabilisation,and the antenna assembly is despun by means of a motor and bearing system in order to continually direct the antenna earthward Category: Electrical engineering and energy • a transport sy...
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3. Dual
   Du'al adjective [ Latin dualis , from duo two. See Two .] Expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two; as, the dual number of nouns, etc. , in Greek. « Here you have one half of our dual truth.» Tyndall.
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4. dual
   adjective a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural); `ancient Greek had the dual form but it has merged with the plural form in modern Greek`
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5. dual
   duple adjective consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs; `an egg with a double yolk`; `a double (binary) star`; `double doors`; `dual controls for pilot and copilot`; `duple (or ...
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6. Dual
   • (a.) Expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two; as, the dual number of nouns, etc. , in Greek.
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7. Dual
   Another mathematical program with the property that its objective is always a bound on the original mathematical program, called the primal. Suppose the dual is Min{F(y): y in Y}. Then, F(y) >= f(x) for all feasible x in the primal and all y in Y. This immediately implies that if the primal is feasible, the dual cannot be unbounded, and vice ve...
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8. dual
   (mathematics) Every field of mathematics has a different meaning of dual. Loosely, where there is some binary symmetry of a theory, the image of what you look at normally under this symmetry is referred to as the dual of your normal things. In linear algebra for example, for any vector space V, ove...
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9. Dual
   In grammar, dual is that number which is used, in some languages, to designate two things, whilst another number (the plural) exists to express many. The Greek, Sanskrit, and Gothic of ancient languages, and the Lithuanian and Arabic of modern, possess forms of the verb and noun in which two persons or things are denoted, called the dual numbers.
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10. Dual
    (grammatical number) `Dual` (`du`-->) is a grammatical number that some languages use in addition to singular and plural. When a noun or pronoun appears in dual form, it is interpreted as referring to precisely two of the entities (objects or persons) identified by the noun or pronoun. Verbs ...
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11. Dual
    (category theory) In category theory, a branch of mathematics, `duality` is a correspondence between properties of a category C and so-called `dual properties` of the opposite category C^op. Given a statement regarding the category C, by interchanging the ...
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12. Dual
    (brand) `Dual` (pronounced do-AL) is a brand name of audio and video electronics. History: In 1927, `Gebrüder Steidinger`, a German gramophone power supply manufacturer, adopted the name Dual in reference to the dual-mode power supplies it pioneered. The power supplies allowed gramophones ...
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13. DUAL
    (cognitive architecture) `DUAL` is a general cognitive architecture integrating the connectionist and symbolic approaches at the micro level. DUAL is based on decentralized representation and emergent computation. It was inspired by the Society of Mind idea proposed by Marvin Minsky but depar...
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14. Dual
    (film) `Dual` is a 2005 independent western drama film directed by Steven R. Monroe and written by and starring Michael Worth. Plot: Luke Twain is a drifter who finds a small settlement where everyone has been killed. Trying to do the right thing and solve the gruesome mystery, he find...
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