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Meanings of duality in English

Portuguese
dicotomia
Catalan
dicotomia
Spanish
dicotomía

Being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses.

dicotomia
Portuguese
dualidade

(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.

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Examples for "wave-particle duality"
Examples for "wave-particle duality"
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Physicists accept that wave-particle duality is true, but that doesn't mean they like it.
Wired
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The pair discuss wave-particle duality.
The Guardian
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In principle, even footballs would then show wave-particle duality and could exist in two states, or two places, at once.
BBC
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There's diagrams for Scud missiles, illustrations of wave-particle duality, analysis of heat-resistant orbital shields, analysis of weight-to-thrust ratios for orbital escape...
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Russian
двойственность
Spanish
dualidad

Translates mathematical concepts into other concepts, in a one-to-one fashion.

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двойственность
Russian
двойственность

Term in mathematical optimization theory.

двойственность
Usage of duality in English
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That's another example of the duality of man you're speaking of, Stewart.
Serena
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She couldn't stand the duality of her relationship with Caliph any longer.
The last page
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He felt this duality now as he made his way through Piccadilly.
What alice knew: a most curious tale of henry james & jack the r...
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They were a duality, Vorix's body, Powel's mind, working in perfect fusion.
The Reality Dysfunction
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This lurking duality in her put on for him an extraordinary charm.
Madame De Mauves
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Gabriel was thinking about duality too, as he put down the letter.
The Beast Within
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They were a duality the constitutive forces of which alternately assumed supremacy.
Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2
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Jackson's most profound duality has to do with the matter of race.
The new yorker
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There was a duality in his nature that seemed to be irreconcilable.
The new yorker
10
Of each Purusha taken distributively, the whole is duality among these three.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
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Without such a duality it is impossible to conceive any soul existing.
The Complex Vision
12
The expression of duality, of the Other, is found in all societies.
Feminist dot com
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We find, on the contrary, a definite and irreconcilable duality of thought.
The Complex Vision
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From an imperfect recognition of that duality ensue great masses of misconception.
God, the Invisible King
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And he established two supreme principles,-onefinite unity, the other infinite duality.
Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies
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The duality between the duo's styles is the catalyst to their sound.
The Irish Times
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dicotomia
Duality through the time
Duality across language varieties
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