Dual-purpose is a noun and adjective referring to things serving two purposes. It can specifically refer to:
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Dual-use technology
In politics, diplomacy and export control, dual-use items refers to goods, software and technology that can be used for both civilian and military applications.
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Dual-purpose gun
A dual-purpose gun is a naval artillery mounting designed to engage both surface and air targets.
Description
Second World War-era capital ships had four classes of artillery: the heavy main battery, intended to engage opposing battleships and ...
, a naval artillery mounting designed to engage both surface and air targets
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Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition
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Dual-purpose motorcycle
A dual-sport motorcycle is a type of street-legal motorcycle that is designed for both on and off-road use. The terms ''all-road,'' ''on/off road,'' and ''dual-purpose'' are also used for this class of motorcycles. Dual-sports are equipped with ...
, designed for both on- and off-road use
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Dual Purpose Ladder (London Fire Brigade)
Fire services in the United Kingdom use a variety of fire appliances, which perform a wide range of general and specialised roles and fit into several distinct categories. Contemporary fire appliances carry a multitude of equipment and firefight ...
, a standard type of firefighting vehicle used by the London Fire Brigade
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Fighting knife
A fighting knife has a blade designed to most effectively inflict injury in close-quarters physical confrontations.Burton, Walter E., ''Knives For Fighting Men'', Popular Science, July 1944, Vol. 145 No. 1, p. 150Hunsicker, A., ''Advanced Skills ...
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Viaduct
A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road. Typically a viaduct connects two points of roughly equal elevation, allowing direct overpass across a wide v ...
, a road bridge-aqueduct
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Dual-purpose breed Dual-purpose is a noun and adjective referring to things serving two purposes. It can specifically refer to:
* Dual-use technology
** Dual-purpose gun, a naval artillery mounting designed to engage both surface and air targets
** Dual-Purpose Impr ...
, an animal or plant breed that provide at least 2 kinds of resources, for example,
beef cattle
Beef cattle are cattle raised for meat production (as distinguished from dairy cattle, used for milk production). The meat of mature or almost mature cattle is mostly known as beef.
In beef production there are three main stages: cow-calf operat ...
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Dual (disambiguation)
Dual or Duals may refer to:
Paired/two things
* Dual (mathematics), a notion of paired concepts that mirror one another
** Dual (category theory), a formalization of mathematical duality
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* Dual (grammatical ...
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Purpose (disambiguation)
Purpose is the end for which something is done, created or for which it exists. It is part of the topic of intentionality and goal-seeking behavior.
Related concepts and subjects:
* Goal, a desired result or possible outcome
* Intention, the stat ...
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Hybrid (disambiguation)
Hybrid may refer to:
Science
* Hybrid (biology), an offspring resulting from cross-breeding
** Hybrid grape, grape varieties produced by cross-breeding two ''Vitis'' species
** Hybridity, the property of a hybrid plant which is a union of two dif ...
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Multi-purpose (disambiguation)
Multi-purpose is something that has more than one purpose and may more specifically refer to:
Buildings
* Arena
* Auditorium
* Civic center
* Coliseum
* Convention center
* Facility
* Gymnasium, also called "Multi-Purpose Room" (MPR)
* Multi ...
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Single-purpose (disambiguation) Single-purpose may refer to:
* Singleness of Purpose, principle derived from the Fifth Tradition of Alcoholics Anonymous
* Single-purpose software
* Single-purpose knife, such as fighting knives
* Single-purpose weapon mount, for 5"/38 caliber g ...
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