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duplex


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noun

Definition of DUPLEX

: something duplex: as a : a 2-family house b : duplex apartment c : a duplex molecule of DNA or of RNA and DNA
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Examples of DUPLEX

  1. We live in the brick duplex.

First Known Use of DUPLEX

1922

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