"duality" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /d(j)uːˈælɪti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-duality.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dualities [plural]
Rhymes: -ælɪti Etymology: From Latin duālitās. dual + -ity Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|duālitās}} Latin duālitās, {{suffix|en|dual|ity}} dual + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} duality (countable and uncountable, plural dualities)
  1. A classification into two subclasses or opposed parts. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Two Translations (classification into two subclasses or opposed parts): kaksijakoisuus (Finnish), kaksinaisuus (Finnish), dualité [feminine] (French), dualitat (Occitan), زوجیت (Persian), dwoistość [feminine] (Polish), dualność [feminine] (Polish), dà-fhillteachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-duality-en-noun-JB5wLa7~ Disambiguation of Two: 38 15 46 Disambiguation of 'classification into two subclasses or opposed parts': 93 2 5
  2. (projective geometry) The interchangeability of points and planes. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Two Translations (interchangeability of points and planes): dualité [feminine] (French), Dualität [feminine] (German), dualidade [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-duality-en-noun-ofCtx1Pf Disambiguation of Two: 38 15 46 Disambiguation of 'interchangeability of points and planes': 2 94 4
  3. (mathematics, physics) The mathematical equivalence of two seemingly different theoretical descriptions of a physical system. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics, Physics, Two Translations (mathematical equivalence of two seemingly different theoretical descriptions of a physical system): дуализъм (dualizǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), duaalisuus (Finnish), dualité [feminine] (French), زوجیت (Persian), dualność [feminine] (Polish), dualidade [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-duality-en-noun-5P9g9iGl Disambiguation of Two: 38 15 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ity, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 22 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 13 73 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 25 23 52 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 23 23 54 Topics: mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences Disambiguation of 'mathematical equivalence of two seemingly different theoretical descriptions of a physical system': 3 2 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dichotomy Derived forms: Koszul duality, non-self-duality, self-duality, wave-particle duality

Inflected forms

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