duplex : Idioms & Phrases
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duplex apartment
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noun an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase
duplex.
WordNet
Duplex escapement
- a peculiar kind of watch escapement, in which the scape-wheel has two sets of teeth. See
Escapement .
Webster 1913
duplex house
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noun a house with two units sharing a common wall
duplex; semidetached house.
WordNet
Duplex lathe
- one for turning off, screwing, and surfacing, by means of two cutting tools, on opposite sides of the piece operated upon.
Webster 1913
Duplex pumping engine
- a steam pump in which two steam cylinders are placed side by side, one operating the valves of the other.
Webster 1913
Duplex querela
L., double complaint (Eccl. Law) , a complaint in the nature of an appeal from the ordinary to his immediate superior, as from a bishop to an archbishop. Mozley & W.
Webster 1913
Duplex telegraphy
- a system of telegraphy for sending two messages over the same wire simultaneously.
Webster 1913
Duplex watch
- one with a duplex escapement.
