duplex

1. 1.

   (used technically of a device or process) having two parts

   “a duplex transaction”

   Similarmultiple
2. 2.

   allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously

   “duplex system”

   “duplex telephony”

   Similarbidirectional

   telecommunication

1. 1.

   change into a duplex

   Broaderconvert

Other forms of duplex

plural

duplexes·

past tense

duplexed·

present participle

duplexing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about duplex

What does duplex mean?

duplex means "a house with two units sharing a common wall". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in duplex?

duplex has 2 syllables: du-plex. The stress falls on "du". In IPA it is /ˈduˌplɛks/.

What is another word for duplex?

Close synonyms include duplex house, semidetached house, duplex apartment. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is duplex a common word?

duplex is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with duplex?

4 words rhyme with duplex. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.