duplex

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One half of this duplex was abandoned, its windows boarded over, its lawn untended.

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  1. adjective Twofold; double.
  2. adjective Having two apartments, divisions, or floors.
  3. adjective Relating to or being a single assembly of machinery having two identical units that are capable of operating simultaneously or independently.
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  • They rose slowly towards the roof and stepped out on to the upper level of the duplex, then walked down a service corridor to the outer deck. —  The Drowned World
  • With the duplex, as we have seen, the current on the main line is changed in strength only when both keys at OPPOSITE stations are closed together, so that a current due to both batteries flows over the main line. —  Edison, His Life and Inventions
  • The duplex is a two-story, and one half was vacant. —  News for NBC4i.com
  • The investor is buying a duplex in Sacramento and of course, an investor would prefer having tenants already in the duplex which is the case with a Short Sale. —  Sacramento Real Estate Voice
  • One half of this duplex was abandoned, its windows boarded over, its lawn untended. —  sweet juniper!
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Latin; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin duplex, double, twofold, from duo, =English two, + plicare, fold.
  2. from duplex, a.
 

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