duality
pronunciation
How to pronounce duality in British English:
UK [dju:ˈæləti]
How to pronounce duality in American English:
US [duˈæləti]
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- Noun:
- being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
- (physics) the property of matter and electromagnetic radiation that is characterized by the fact that some properties can be explained best by wave theory and others by particle theory
- (geometry) the interchangeability of the roles of points and planes in the theorems of projective geometry
Word Origin
- duality (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French dualité (14c.), from Late Latin dualitas, from Latin dualis (see dual).
Example
- 1. One reason for the great allure of this painting is the hint of troubling duality .
- 2. This choice is motivated by a deep knowing of the great value of experiencing duality .
- 3. Greenpeace is calling attention to a central flaw in the duality of technology - its ability to help the world while , at the same time , running off the same old , dirty , polluting power sources that harm it .
- 4. It evokes , too , the duality of sontag herself : the public figure , whose provocative essays can seem to readers intimidatingly confident , and the mind that made them which , as her diaries reveal , was unusually full of pain .
- 5. That is an artificial duality .