Duplex /(?)/

Du·plex

Duplex

a.
  1. Double; twofold.
  2. organized so that data may be transmitted in two opposite directions over the same channel; -- of communications channels, such as data transfer lines between computers. (Computers)

Phrases & Compounds
Duplex escapement
a peculiar kind of watch escapement, in which the scape-wheel has two sets of teeth. See Escapement.
Duplex lathe
one for turning off, screwing, and surfacing, by means of two cutting tools, on opposite sides of the piece operated upon.
Duplex pumping engine
a steam pump in which two steam cylinders are placed side by side, one operating the valves of the other.
Duplex querela
a complaint in the nature of an appeal from the ordinary to his immediate superior, as from a bishop to an archbishop.
Duplex telegraphy
a system of telegraphy for sending two messages over the same wire simultaneously.
Duplex watch
one with a duplex escapement.
half duplex
arranged so that the information may be transmitted in both directions, but only in one direction at a time; -- of communications channels between computers; contrasted with full duplex(a).
full duplex
arranged so that the information may be transmitted in both directions simultaneously; -- of communications channels between computers; contrasted with half duplex(a).

Duplex

v. t.
  1. To arrange, as a telegraph line, so that two messages may be transmitted simultaneously; to equip with a duplex telegraphic outfit. (Teleg.)

duplex

n.
  1. something which is duplex; -- used mostly in reference to a living unit, such as an apartment, in a building having two similar living units.
  2. a double-stranded region in a nucleic acid molecule. See deoxyribonucleic acid. (Biology, Genetics)