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Dual — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dual adj Made up of two parts, or relating to two of something.

Senses

Dual is used for these senses in English:

  • 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.

dual — full definition

  1. adj Made up of two parts, or relating to two of something.
  2. verb (British) To upgrade a single-lane road into a dual carriageway.

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