Dually vs. Dual — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dually and Dual
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Definitions
Dually➦
Composed of two usually like or complementary parts; double
Dual controls for pilot and copilot.
A car with dual exhaust pipes.
Dual➦
Consisting of two parts, elements, or aspects
Dual-language texts in English and Italian
Their dual role at work and home
Dually➦
Having a double character or purpose
A belief in the dual nature of reality.
Dual➦
(of a theorem, expression, etc.) related to another by the interchange of particular pairs of terms, such as ‘point’ and ‘line’.
Dually➦
(Grammar) Of, relating to, or being a number category that indicates two persons or things, as in Greek, Sanskrit, and Old English.
Dual➦
A dual form of a word.
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Dually➦
The dual number.
Dual➦
A theorem, expression, etc., that is dual to another.
Dually➦
An inflected form of a noun, adjective, pronoun, or verb used with two items or people.
Dual➦
Convert (a road) into a dual carriageway
Though there are no plans to dual the road, a public consultation on the A64 is set to start before the end of the year
Dually➦
In a dual manner; doubly
Dual➦
Composed of two usually like or complementary parts; double
Dual controls for pilot and copilot.
A car with dual exhaust pipes.
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Dually➦
(automotive) A pickup truck with four wheels on the rear axle.
Dual➦
Having a double character or purpose
A belief in the dual nature of reality.
Dual➦
(Grammar) Of, relating to, or being a number category that indicates two persons or things, as in Greek, Sanskrit, and Old English.
Dual➦
The dual number.
Dual➦
An inflected form of a noun, adjective, pronoun, or verb used with two items or people.
Dual➦
Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
A dual-motor vehicle
Dual➦
Pertaining to two, pertaining to a pair of.
Dual engine failure
Dual citizenship
Dual➦
(grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical number in certain languages that refers to two of something, such as a pair of shoes.
Modern Arabic displays a dual number, as did Homeric Greek.
Dual➦
Exhibiting duality.
Dual➦
(linear algebra) Being the space of all linear functionals of (some other space).
Dual➦
(category theory) Being the dual of some other category; containing the same objects but with source and target reversed for all morphisms.
Dual➦
Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair.
Dual➦
(geometry) Of a regular polyhedron with V vertices and F faces, the regular polyhedron having F vertices and V faces.
The octahedron is the dual of the cube.
Dual➦
(grammar) The dual number.
Dual➦
(mathematics) 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➦
(transitive) To convert from single to dual; specifically, to convert a single-carriageway road to a dual carriageway.
Dual➦
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.
Dual➦
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 double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure
Dual➦
Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities;
A double (or dual) role for an actor
The office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence
Every episode has its double and treble meaning
Dual➦
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
