Duplex (Latin, 'double') may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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''Duplex'' (film), or ''Our House'', a 2003 American black comedy film
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Duplex (band), a Dutch electronic music duo
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Duplex (Norwegian duo)
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Duplex!
Duplex! is a children's music band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that claims influences from urban folk to punk rock. The members range in birth years from 1967 to 2002; both toddler Abe Caruso and noted Canadian musician Veda Hille ...
, a Canadian children's music band
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The Duplex
''The Duplex'' is a comic strip by Glenn McCoy and now his brother Gary McCoy, syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate/Universal Uclick/Andrews McMeel Syndication since April 1993.
''The Duplex'' has been published as a syndicated daily newspap ...
'', an American comic strip by Glenn McCoy
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''The Duplex'' (film), a 2015 Nigerian film
Places
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Duplex, Tennessee
Duplex is an unincorporated community in Williamson County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
It is the location of, or nearest community to, at least two historic sites that are or once were listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the ...
, U.S.
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Duplex, Texas, U.S.
Science and technology
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''Duplex'' (moth), a genus of moths in the family Erebidae
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Nucleic acid double helix
Nucleus ( : nuclei) is a Latin word for the seed inside a fruit. It most often refers to:
*Atomic nucleus, the very dense central region of an atom
*Cell nucleus, a central organelle of a eukaryotic cell, containing most of the cell's DNA
Nucle ...
, a double-stranded molecule of DNA or RNA
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Duplex (telecommunications)
A duplex communication system is a point-to-point system composed of two or more connected parties or devices that can communicate with one another in both directions. Duplex systems are employed in many communications networks, either to allow ...
, communications in both directions simultaneously
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Duplex (typography)
In the manufacture of metal type used in letterpress printing, a matrix (from the Latin meaning ''womb'' or ''a female breeding animal'') is the mould used to cast a letter, known as a sort. Matrices for printing types were made of copper.
Howev ...
, a Linotype technique
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Duplex ultrasonography
Doppler ultrasonography is medical ultrasonography that employs the Doppler effect to perform imaging of the movement of tissues and body fluids (usually blood), and their relative velocity to the probe. By calculating the frequency shift of a ...
, a medical imaging technique
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Google Duplex
Google Assistant is a virtual assistant software application developed by Google that is primarily available on Mobile device, mobile and home automation devices. Based on artificial intelligence, Google Assistant can engage in two-way conversat ...
, an extension of Google Assistant
Transportation
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Duplex (automobile) The Duplex was a Canadian automobile built by the United Iron Works Company, of Montreal in 1923. The engine was an unconventional 4-cylinder two-stroke engine with two pistons per cylinder, which the makers claimed gave excellent fuel economy.
The ...
, an early car built in Canada in 1923
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Duplex locomotive
A duplex locomotive is a steam locomotive that divides the driving force on its wheels by using two pairs of cylinders rigidly mounted to a single locomotive frame; it is not an articulated locomotive. The concept was first used in France in 18 ...
, a type of steam locomotive
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TGV Duplex
The TGV Duplex is a French high-speed train of the TGV family, manufactured by Alstom, and operated by the French national railway company SNCF. It is unique among TGV trains in that it features bi-level carriages. The Duplex inaugurated the t ...
, a French high-speed train of the TGV family featuring bi-level carriages
Other uses
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Duplex (building)
A duplex house plan has two living units attached to each other, either next to each other as townhouses, condominiums or above each other like apartments. By contrast, a building comprising two attached units on two distinct properties is t ...
, two living units attached to each other
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Duplex apartment
An apartment (American English), or flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story. There are man ...
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Duplex printing
Duplex printing is a feature of some computer printers and multi-function printers (MFPs) that allows the printing of a sheet of paper on both sides automatically. Print devices without this capability can only print on a single side of paper, so ...
, double-sided printing
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Edward Duplex
Edward Parker Duplex (1830 – January 5, 1900) was an American entrepreneur, politician, and civil rights activist in California. He was the first Black mayor in California, elected to office in Wheatland in 1888, and was a leader in the ...
, a 19th-century African-American pioneer
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