/ English Dictionary

DUALITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(geometry) the interchangeability of the roles of points and planes in the theorems of projective geometry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("duality" is a kind of...):

exchangeability; fungibility; interchangeability; interchangeableness (the quality of being capable of exchange or interchange)

Domain category:

geometry (the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(physics) the property of matter and electromagnetic radiation that is characterized by the fact that some properties can be explained best by wave theory and others by particle theory

Synonyms:

duality; wave-particle duality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("duality" is a kind of...):

property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Derivation:

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses

Example:

the dichotomy between eastern and western culture

Synonyms:

dichotomy; duality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("duality" is a kind of...):

categorisation; categorization; classification (a group of people or things arranged by class or category)

Derivation:

dual (consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs)

Credits

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE