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duality

/doo-al-i-tee, dyoo-/US // duˈæl ɪ ti, dyu- //UK // (djuːˈælɪtɪ) //

对等性,二元性,对偶性,双重性

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a dual state or quality.
    • : Mathematics. a symmetry within a mathematical system such that a theorem remains valid if certain objects, relations, or operations are interchanged, as the interchange of points and lines in a plane in projective geometry.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as induplicity

Examples

  • On one level, that duality reflects the abiding tensions within many Muslim nations.

  • She remains that fascinating duality, a skillset more common than when she first entered the league because she was so transcendent that a generation since has consciously tried to emulate her.

  • Wave-particle duality turned out to be a symptom of a deep strangeness.

  • The duality of the Frye twins introduced respective, unique skill trees to unlock.

  • The new calculations say much the same thing, but without committing to the duality or to string theory.

  • Buried halfway underground, the work has a duality of life and death—is it growing or is it a tomb?

  • “We liked the duality of these low-plunging costumes because Amy could slip from being confident to vulnerable,” says Wilkinson.

  • Much like the duality of his shop, Simon is half goateed-rocker, half cicerone sage.

  • That duality is represented by Tom Ford more than any other designer.

  • As a ballerina, to embody the duality of the Swan Queen and the black swan can be a fiendishly difficult task.

  • He saw her struggles and her tears… the mysterious duality working to possess her soul.

  • They were a duality the constitutive forces of which alternately assumed supremacy.

  • Duality is the root, out of which alone, for mortals, happiness can spring.

  • From the top to the bottom of the sexual scale the new being springs invariably from a duality.

  • I shall merely pause here in my narrative to indicate this duality, this perplexing mixing of personality.