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Definition: Duality |
DualityNoun1. Being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses: "the dichotomy between eastern and western culture". 2. (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. 3. (geometry) the interchangeability of the roles of points and planes in the theorems of projective geometry. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "duality" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Synonyms: DualitySynonyms: dichotomy (n), wave-particle duality (n). (additional references) |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Accompaniment | Noun: duality, dualism; duplicity; biplicity, biformity; polarity. two, deuce, couple, duet, brace, pair, cheeks, twins, Castor and Pollux, gemini, Siamese twins; fellows; yoke, conjugation; dispermy, doublets, dyad, span. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Duality |
| English words defined with "duality": Broglie ♦ de Broglie, de-Stalinization ♦ Louis Victor de Broglie. (references) |
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Screenplays | Am I me? Is Malkovich Malkovich? Was the Buddha right, is duality an illusion? (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman) I think I was trying to suggest something about the duality of man, sir. (Full Metal Jacket; writing credit: Gustav Hasford; Michael Herr) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Duality of Man (1910) | |
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Economic History | Dominican Rep | The duality of Dominican economic growth remarked on by some analysts persists: over the last several years, those sectors relatively open to foreign investment and with close ties to international markets (i.e., particularly telecommunications and free trade zones) have grown rapidly, while domestically oriented sectors have had slower growth. (references) |
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| "Duality" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Duality" is used about 89 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 89 | 34,931 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "duality": principle of duality. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
duality | 70 |
wave particle duality | 10 |
duality star war | 8 |
duality man | 5 |
duality knowledge | 4 |
duality non | 3 |
duality light | 3 |
duality theme | 3 |
duality theory | 3 |
box duality x | 2 |
duality game | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "duality"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إزدواجية (ambivalence, duplicity), ثنائية (dualism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 双重性. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | boelge-partikel dualitet (wave-particle duality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | dualiteitsprincipe (principle of duality), golf-deeltje-dualiteit (wave-particle duality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kaksinaisuus, kahtalaisuus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dualité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | dualität. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δυισμός κυμάτων-σωματιδίων (wave-particle duality), δυαδικότητα κυμάτων-σωματιδίων χαμηλής έντασης (wave-particle duality), δυαδικότητα κυμάτων-σωματιδίων (wave-particle duality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ש יות (dualism, duplicity, secondariness), זו'יות, כפילות (duplexity, duplication, duplicity, multiplicity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kettõsség (dichotomy, dualism, duplicity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | dualita particella-onda (wave-particle duality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 二元 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | に'". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 이원성. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ualityday dualidade (dualism). (various references) dualitate. (various references) двойственность (ambivalence, doubleness, duplicity). (various references) dualidad, dos existencias. (various references) våg-partikeldualitet (wave-particle duality). (various references) การอยู่เป็นคู่ (dualism). (various references) ikilik (dualism), çiftlik (bowery, farm, farmstead, hacienda, ranch). (various references) двоїстість (duplicity). (various references) deuoliaeth. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "duality": individuality. (additional references) | |
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"Duality" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dalit, daulat, Dduallt, dhalit, diralite, douaihy, Uality, Udlaidh. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "duality" (pronounced duwa"lutē) |
| 6 | -uw a" l u t ē | bisexuality, eventuality, individuality, punctuality, sexuality. |
| 5 | -a" l u t ē | abnormality, actuality, banality, bestiality, brutality, causality, centrality, collegiality, commonality, conditionality, confidentiality, congeniality, constitutionality, criminality, criticality, cyclicality, dimensionality, extraterritoriality, fatality, finality, formality, frugality, functionality, generality, geniality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, hospitality, illegality, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, informality, instrumentality, irrationality, legality, lethality, liberality, locality, materiality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, neutrality, normality, originality, partiality, personality, plurality, practicality, principality, proportionality, rationality, reality, sensuality, sentimentality, speciality, spirituality, technicality, theatricality, tonality, totality, triviality, universality, unreality, venality, vitality. |
| 4 | -l u t ē | ability, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, adaptability, admissibility, advisability, affordability, agility, amiability, applicability, availability, believability, capability, civility, comparability, compatibility, comprehensibility, convertibility, credibility, credulity, culpability, debility, deductibility, deniability, dependability, desirability, disability, docility, ductility, durability, electability, eligibility, enforceability, equality, facility, fallibility, feasibility, fertility, fidelity, flammability, flexibility, fragility, frivolity, futility, gentility, gullibility, hostility, humility, immobility, impossibility, inability, inaccessibility, incivility, incompatibility, incredulity, indestructibility, inequality, inevitability, infallibility, infertility, infidelity, inflexibility, instability, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irresponsibility, irritability, legibility, liability, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, miscibility, mobility, motility, nobility, nonutility, palatability, permeability, plausibility, polity, portability, possibility, predictability, probability, profitability, quality, readability, reliability, respectability, responsibility, seasonality, senility, sensibility, stability, sterility, suitability, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, tranquility, transferability, unavailability, unpredictability, unreliability, utility, variability, versatility, viability, virility, visibility, volatility, vulnerability. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acidity, activity, acuity, adversity, affinity, aggressivity, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, barbarity, biodiversity, brevity, calamity, capacity, captivity, cavity, celebrity, charity, chastity, clarity, commodity, community, complexity, complicity, conductivity, conformity, congruity, connectivity, continuity, creativity, crotchety, curiosity, deformity, deity, density, depravity, deputy, dexterity, dignity, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, enmity, enormity, entity, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, exclusivity, expressivity, extremity, falsity, familiarity, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, festivity, fluidity, fraternity, generosity, gratuity, gravity, heredity, heterogeneity, hilarity, homogeneity, humanity, humidity, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illiquidity, immaturity, immunity, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inactivity, incapacity, incongruity, indemnity, indignity, inequity, inferiority, infinity, infirmity, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, insularity, integrity, intensity, irregularity, laity, laxity, levity, liquidity, lividity, longevity, majority, masculinity, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, minority, modernity, monstrosity, morbidity, multiplicity, nativity, necessity, negativity, Nonconformity, nonentity, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, overcapacity, oversensitivity, parity, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, perpetuity, perplexity, perversity, piety, polarity, pomposity, popularity, posterity, priority, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, purity, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, reactivity, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, religiosity, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, security, selectivity, seniority, sensitivity, serendipity, serenity, severity, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, specificity, spontaneity, stupidity, subjectivity, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, temerity, tenacity, timidity, toxicity, Trinity, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, university, unpopularity, uppity, validity, vanity, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, veracity, Verity, vicinity, virginity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity, vulgarity. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-l-t-u-y" | |
-1 letter: daylit, tuladi. | |
-2 letters: adult, audit, daily, dulia, laity, tidal, yauld. | |
-3 letters: adit, alit, auld, daut, dial, dita, dual, duit, duly, duty, idly, idyl, lady, laid, lati, laud, litu, tail, tali, tidy, yald, yaud. | |
-4 letters: aid, ail, ait, alt, dal, day, dit, dui, lad, lat, lay, lid, lit, tad, tau, til, tui, uta, yid. | |
-5 letters: ad. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-l-t-u-y" | |
+2 letters: feudality. | |
+3 letters: audibility, auditorily, dauntingly, disputably, durability, modularity, unsteadily. | |
+4 letters: diddlysquat, educability, indubitably, sustainedly. | |
+5 letters: astoundingly, disastrously, disreputably, distraughtly, diuretically, fastidiously, idolatrously, inadequately, inaudibility, indisputably, industrially, modulability, multilayered, outlandishly, prudentially, stridulatory, unmyelinated, valetudinary. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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