transitive verb.
To arrange, as a telegraph line, so that two messages may be transmitted simultaneously; to equip with a duplex telegraphic outfit.
noun.
something which is duplex; -- used mostly in reference to a living unit, such as an apartment, in a building having two similar living units.
noun.
a double-stranded region in a nucleic acid molecule. See deoxyribonucleic acid.
adjective.
Double; twofold.
adjective.
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.
adjective.
a peculiar kind of watch escapement, in which the scape-wheel has two sets of teeth. See Escapement.
adjective.
one for turning off, screwing, and surfacing, by means of two cutting tools, on opposite sides of the piece operated upon.
adjective.
a steam pump in which two steam cylinders are placed side by side, one operating the valves of the other.
adjective.
a complaint in the nature of an appeal from the ordinary to his immediate superior, as from a bishop to an archbishop.
adjective.
a system of telegraphy for sending two messages over the same wire simultaneously.
adjective.
one with a duplex escapement.
adjective.
arranged so that the information transmitted to the remote computer also appears on the local terminal; -- of communications channels between computers; contrasted with full duplex(b).
adjective.
arranged so that the information transmitted to the remote computer does not appear on the local terminal; -- of communications channels between computers; contrasted with half duplex(b).