Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 16 compound words that contain duplex. The most common are listed below. Open duplex in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- full duplexDescribing a duplex system in which both parties can communicate with each other simultaneously
- duplex nailA nail with a collar designed to prevent it from being driven flush, making it easy to remove, used for temporary structures.
- half-duplexSemiduplex.
- duplex escapementA type of watch escapement that uses two escape wheels to regulate the movement of a watch.
- duplex nailsplural of duplex nail: A nail with a collar designed to prevent it from being driven flush, making it easy to remove, used for temporary structures.
- duplex watchA type of watch movement that used a duplex escapement, and was used in English pocketwatches.
- duplex watchesplural of duplex watch: A type of watch movement that used a duplex escapement, and was used in English pocketwatches.
- duplex latheA special type of lathe machine that is known for its ability to produce large quantities of identical parts.
- duplex pumping engineA pump with two cylinders that pumps fluid in both directions; a pump that is double-acting.
- duplex pumping enginesplural of duplex pumping engine: A pump with two cylinders that pumps fluid in both directions; a pump that is double-acting.
- duplex lathesplural of duplex lathe: A special type of lathe machine that is known for its ability to produce large quantities of identical parts.
- duplex escapementsplural of duplex escapement: A type of watch escapement that uses two escape wheels to regulate the movement of a watch.
- duplex querelaA complaint in the nature of an appeal from the ordinary to his immediate superior, as from a bishop to an archbishop.
Compound words 16
- duplicityIntentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.
- duplexerA device that enables communication in two directions over a single path.
- googolduplexThe number 10 raised to the power of one googolplex.
- semiduplexProviding communication in both directions, but only one direction at a time, not simultaneously.
- superduplexOf stainless steel: having a duplex structure (containing austenite and ferrite in roughly equal proportions) and also having unusually high hardness, strength or corrosion resistance.
- duplexityThe state of being duplex
- homoduplexA DNA duplex having precisely complementary bases in the two strands
- interduplexBetween duplexes (of nucleic acid)
- intraduplexWithin a duplex (of nucleic acid)
- multiduplexComposed of multiple duplex structures