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| | duplicate | (n) a copy that corresponds to an original exactly, Syn. duplication, Example: he made a duplicate for the files | | duplicate | (v) make or do or perform again, Syn. replicate, double, repeat, reduplicate, Example: He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick | | duplicate | (v) make a duplicate or duplicates of, Example: Could you please duplicate this letter for me? | | duplicate | (adj) identically copied from an original, Example: a duplicate key | | duplicate | (adj) being two identical, Syn. matching, twinned, twin | | duplication | (n) the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something, Syn. gemination, Example: this kind of duplication is wasteful | | duplicator | (n) apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material, Syn. copier |
| | duplicatable | adj. capable of being duplicated. [ WordNet 1.5 ] Variants: duplicable | | Duplicate | n. 1. That which exactly resembles or corresponds to something else; another, correspondent to the first; hence, a copy; a transcript; a counterpart. [ 1913 Webster ] I send a duplicate both of it and my last dispatch. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Law) An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Duplicate | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Duplicated p. pr. & vb. n. Duplicating. ] 1. To double; to fold; to render double. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To make a duplicate of (something); to make a copy or transcript of. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Biol.) To divide into two by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, infusoria duplicate themselves. [ 1913 Webster ] | | duplicate | a. [ L. duplicatus, p. p. of duplicare to double, fr. duplex double, twofold. See Duplex. ] Double; twofold. [ 1913 Webster ]
Duplicate proportion or
Duplicate ratio (Math.), the proportion or ratio of squares. Thus, in geometrical proportion, the first term to the third is said to be in a duplicate ratio of the first to the second, or as its square is to the square of the second. Thus, in 2, 4, 8, 16, the ratio of 2 to 8 is a duplicate of that of 2 to 4, or as the square of 2 is to the square of 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | duplication | n. [ L. duplicatio: cf. F. duplication. ] 1. The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Biol.) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage cells. Carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]
duplication of the cube (Math.), the operation of finding a cube having a volume which is double that of a given cube. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | duplicative | a. 1. Having the quality of duplicating or doubling. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Biol.) Having the quality of subdividing into two by natural growth. “Duplicative subdivision.” Carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ] | | duplicature | n. [ Cf. F. duplicature. ] A doubling; a fold, as of a membrane. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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