Webster's Dictionary 1913

6562

Duple

Du″ple (?), a. [L. duplus. See Double.] Double.Duple ratio(Math.), that in which the antecedent term is double the consequent, as of 2 to 1, 8 to 4, etc.

6563

Duplex

‖Du″plex (?), a. [L., fr. duo two + plicare to fold. See Two, and Complex.] Double; twofold.Duplex escapement, a peculiar kind of watch escapement, in which the scape-wheel has ...

6564

Duplex (2)

Du″plex (?), v. t. [See Duplex, a.] (Teleg.) To arrange, as a telegraph line, so that two messages may be transmitted simultaneously; to equip with a duplex telegraphic outfit.

6565

Duplicate

Du″pli‐cate (?), a. [L. duplicatus, p. p. of duplicare to double, fr. duplex double, twofold. See Duplex.] Double; twofold.Duplicate proportionorratio(Math.), the proportion or ...

6566

Duplicate (2)

Du″pli‐cate, n. 1. That which exactly resembles or corresponds to something else; another, correspondent to the first; hence, a copy; a transcript; a counterpart.I send a duplic...

6567

Duplicate (3)

Du″pli‐cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Duplicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Duplicating.] 1. To double; to fold; to render double.2. To make a duplicate of (something); to make a copy or...

6568

Duplication

Du′pli‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. duplicatio: cf. F. duplication.] 1. The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold.2. (Biol.) The act or...

6569

Duplicative

Du″pli‐ca‐tive (?), a. 1. Having the quality of duplicating or doubling.2. (Biol.) Having the quality of subdividing into two by natural growth. “Duplicative subdivision.” Carpe...

6570

Duplicature

Du″pli‐ca‐ture (?), n. [Cf. F. duplicature.] A doubling; a fold, as of a membrane.

6571

Duplicity

Du‐plic″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Duplicities (#). [F. duplicité, L. duplicitas, fr. duplex double. See Duplex.] 1. Doubleness; a twofold state.Do not affect duplicities nor triplicities...

6572

Dupper

Dup″per (?), n. See 2d Dubber.

6573

Dur

‖Dur (?), a. [G., fr. L. durus hard, firm, vigorous.] (Mus.) Major; in the major mode; as, C dur, that is, C major.

6574

Dura

‖Du″ra (?), n. Short form for Dura mater.

6575

Dura mater

‖Du″ra ma″ter (?). [L., lit., hard mother. The membrane was called mater, or mother, because it was formerly thought to give rise to every membrane of the body.] (Anat.) The tou...

6576

Durability

Du′ra‐bil″i‐ty, n. [L. durabilitas.] The state or quality of being durable; the power of uninterrupted or long continuance in any condition; the power of resisting agents or inf...

6577

Durable

Du″ra‐ble (?), a. [L. durabilis, fr. durare to last: cf. F. durable. See Dure.] Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; lasting; not perishable or changeable; not ...

6578

Durableness

Du″ra‐ble‐ness, n. Power of lasting, enduring, or resisting; durability.The durableness of the metal that supports it. Addison.

6579

Durably

Du″ra‐bly, adv. In a lasting manner; with long continuance.

6580

Dural

Du″ral (?), a.(Anat.) Pertaining to the dura, or dura mater.

6581

Duramen

‖Du‐ra″men (?), n. [L., hardness, a hardened, i.e., ligneous, vine branch, fr. durare to harden. See Dure.] (Bot.) The heartwood of an exogenous tree.

6582

Durance

Dur″ance (?), n. [OF. durance duration, fr. L. durans, -antis, p. pr. durare to endure, last. See Dure, and cf. Durant.] 1. Continuance; duration. See Endurance.Of how short dur...

6583

Durancy

Dur″an‐cy (?), n. Duration. Dr. H. More.

6584

Durant

Dur″ant (?), n. [F. durant, p. pr. of durer to last. Cf. Durance.] See Durance, 3.

6585

Durante

‖Du‐ran″te (?), prep. [L., abl. case of the p. pr. of durare to last.] (Law) During; as, durante vita, during life; durante bene placito, during pleasure.

6586

Duration

Du‐ra″tion (?), n. [OF. duration. See Dure.] The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists.It was proposed that the dura...

6587

Durative

Dur″a‐tive (?), a. Continuing; not completed; implying duration.Its durative tense, which expresses the thought of it as going on. J. Byrne.

6588

Durbar

Dur″bar (?), n. [Hind. darbār, fr. Per dar�ār house, court, hall of audience; dar door, gate + bār court, assembly.] An audience hall; the court of a native prince; a state leve...