Definizione monolingua

dual

dual

1. to twine
2. to braid, coil
3. to interlace, fold

dual (plural duals)

1. Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair.
2. (geometry) Of a regular polyhedron with V vertices and F faces, the regular polyhedron having F vertices and V faces.

   The octahedron is the dual of the cube.

3. (grammar) dual number The grammatical number of a noun marking two of something (as in singular, dual, plural), sometimes referring to two of anything (a couple of, exactly two of), or a chirality-marked pair (as in left and right, as with gloves or shoes) or in some languages as a discourse marker, ""between you and me"". A few languages display trial number.
4. (mathematics) Of 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.

dual (not comparable)

1. Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
2. Double.

   dual-headed computer

3. (grammar) Pertaining to grammatical number (as in singular and plural), referring to two of something, such as a pair of shoes, in the context of the singular, plural and in some languages, trial grammatical number. Modern Arabic displays a dual number, as did Homeric Greek.

Definizione dizionario dual

doppio

duale

duplice

Altri significati:

in grammar

double

Grammatical number related to precisely 2 objects of the same type (in general, for objects that naturally belong together).

having two components

(grammar) Pertaining to grammatical number (as in singular and plural), referring to two of something, such as a pair of shoes, in the context of the singular , plural and in some languages, trial grammatical number. Modern Arabic displays a dual number, as did Homeric Greek.

(grammar) dual number The grammatical number of a noun marking two of something (as in singular, dual, plural), sometimes referring to two of anything ( a couple of , exactly two of ), or a chirality-marked pair (as in left and right, as with gloves or shoes) or in some languages as a discourse marker, "between you and me". A few languages display trial number.

(mathematics) Of 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.

Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair.

Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.

grammatical number of a noun marking two of something

Double.

(geometry) Of a regular polyhedron with '''V''' vertices and '''F''' faces, the regular polyhedron having '''F''' vertices and '''V''' faces.