Antonyms for
dual
Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
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No Antonyms Found for Dual

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All Definitions for Dual

Below are all the dictionary definitions of dual:

1Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
2Pertaining to two, pertaining to a pair of.
3Pertaining to a grammatical number in certain languages that refers to two of something, such as a pair of shoes.
4A head-to-head match or meet between two teams, such as two high schools or colleges.
5Exhibiting duality.
6Being the space of all linear functionals of (some other space).
7Being the dual of some other category
8Containing the same objects but with source and target reversed for all morphisms.
9Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair.
10Of a regular polyhedron with V vertices and F faces, the regular polyhedron having F vertices and V faces.
11Of a vector in an inner product space, the linear functional corresponding to taking the inner product with that vector. The set of all duals is a vector space called the dual space.
12The dual number.
13To convert from single to dual
14Specifically, to convert a single-carriageway road to a dual carriageway.

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