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Duplex   /dˈuplˌɛks/   Listen
Duplex

noun
1.
A house with two units sharing a common wall.  Synonyms: duplex house, semidetached house.
2.
An apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase.  Synonym: duplex apartment.






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"Duplex" Quotes from Famous Books



... job waiting for me if I could come at once, I pulled up stakes in New York, and sailed away on the Mallory Line ship "Comal," for my old stamping ground. I reached there the next week and was put to work on the New York Duplex, which, by the way, was the longest string in the United States. Mrs. Swanson had re-opened her boarding house on Avenue M, everything looked lovely and I anticipated a very pleasant winter. Up to September 18th, everything ...
— Danger Signals • John A. Hill and Jasper Ewing Brady

... complete codegraph outfit, as shown in the cut, has three main parts: (1) The "plate and pen," (2) some form of "key and sounder" and (3) two batteries. While any key and sounder can be used with the plate, we wish to call especial attention to the duplex sounder shown, as this has been designed to do double work. If you already have "Fun with Telegraphy," for example, and want to order the "Codegraph Plate and Pen," we will include, free of charge, an extra attachment for connecting ...
— How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus • Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. John

... {rakhis ge men}. See Virg. "Georg." iii. 87, "at duplex agitur per lumbos spina." "In a horse that is in good case, the back is broad, and the spine does not stick up like a ridge, but forms a kind of furrow on the back" (John Martyn); "a full back," ...
— On Horsemanship • Xenophon



Words linked to "Duplex" :   telecommunication, bidirectional, flat, house, multiple, apartment, telecom, convert



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