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Dual

adjective

Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs. Synonyms: double, duple. "A double (binary) star" , "Double doors" , "Dual controls for pilot and copilot" , "Duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure"

Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities. Synonyms: double, three-fold, threefold, treble, two-fold, twofold. "The office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence" , "Every episode has its double and treble meaning"

A grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural).

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"Dual" Quotes from Famous Books

... saddle" from the days of Mowat; to do which and to remain politically virtuous was an impossible feat, even though the Premier of Ontario was a director of the Globe. Ross remained director, and also Premier. But it seems that Mr. Willison saw in such a dual role a greater inconsistency than even he deemed to be worthy of so brilliant a man. As he could not remove the director, he took what seemed to be a providential opportunity ...

— The Masques of Ottawa • Domino

... played these parts—enough, with the aid of the wigs they wore and other make-up, to make the picture convincing. Today, no director would think of putting on such a picture with two different actors in the dual roles of Carton and Darnley. When, in 1917, the Dickens classic was released as a William Fox feature, William Farnum played both roles, and some really remarkable results were obtained in scenes where both characters were present at the ...

— Writing the Photoplay • J. Berg Esenwein and Arthur Leeds

... not a bad young fellow, this Douglas Graham. Some spoke of him as a kind of dual personality, strong and weak at the same time—but he had never been known to do anything dishonourable, and his career at Oxford had been an unblemished one. To an extent he was cast in a religious mould, and was susceptible to religious influences. He had indeed been a communicant ...

— The Day of Judgment • Joseph Hocking

... publication; the more especially since my own tale, I fondly trust, may make helpful telling for some of my fellow creatures? When you can offer a boon to humanity and at the same time be paid for it the dual advantage ...

— One Third Off • Irvin S. Cobb

... days passed, sometimes we met at breakfast, sometimes at supper, sometimes we fished together or sat in the straggling orchard and talked; she neither avoided me nor sought me. She is the most charming mixture of child and woman I ever met. She is a dual creature. Now I never met that in a man. When she is here without getting a letter in the morning or going to town, she seems like a girl. She runs about in her grey gown and little cap and laughs, and seems to throw ...

— Victorian Short Stories • Various

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