kaksikko — meaning in English

English meaning

• brace noun A device or support that holds something firmly in place or steadies it.
• doublet noun A pair of two similar or equal things; couple.
• dual adj Made up of two parts, or relating to two of something.
• dyad noun A pair of two closely connected people or things treated as a single unit.
• tandem adj Arranged one behind the other, or working together closely.

Senses

kaksikko is used for these senses in English:

• brace (nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
• dual (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical number in certain languages that refers to two of something, such as a pair of shoes.
• 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.
• dyad (biology) A secondary unit of organisation consisting of an aggregate of monads.
• tandem A thing with two components arranged one behind the other.
• twayblade Any of several orchids, of the genera Neottia (syn. Listera) and Liparis, that have a pair of basal leaves.

brace — full definition

1. noun A device or support that holds something firmly in place or steadies it.
2. noun A pair of something, especially game birds or similar items.
3. verb To prepare oneself for something difficult or unpleasant, such as an impact or shock.

doublet — full definition

1. noun A pair of two similar or equal things; couple.
2. noun One of two or more different words in a language derived from the same etymological root but having different phonological forms (e.g., toucher and toquer in French or shade and shadow in English). See also Appendix:Glossary#doublet.
3. noun In textual criticism, two different narrative accounts of the same actual event.
4. noun An imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them.

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