duplex
/ˈdu.plɛks/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.13 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Bidirectional (in two directions).
adj
Having horizons with contrasting textures.
Example Sentences
- "Duplex stainless steels have been classified according to the first period (1930–1960) and second period (1960–1990). The designations for these duplex alloys in the United States have been primarily according to Unified Numbering System (UNS) numbers in the S3xxx.x series."
- "duplex telegraphy"
- "Soils are duplex, sandy and solodic. The dominant trees are the stringybark eucalypts […]"
- "The house had been renovated into a duplex and he’d put in a phone line."
- "In contrast, the folds in the overlying lithotectonic unit 4 are larger and are cut by a series of faults in a duplex."
- "It has been noted, using a combination of surface geologic and seismic reflection data, that a duplex, although formed in response to movement of a thrust sheet, frequently arches the thrust sheet as the duplex is built by duplication of rocks beneath it […]"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: duplex
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdu.plɛks/
Usage
- Australian usage
- Canadian usage
- American usage