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" When I was eight, I would look at the cover of the 'Ghost Rider' comic book in my little home in Long Beach, California, and I couldn't get my head around how something that scary could also be good. To me it was my first philosophical awakening - 'How is this possible, this duality?'"
Nicolas Cage

Meaning of "duality" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF DUALITY

djuːˈælɪtɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DUALITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Duality is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DUALITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of duality in the English dictionary

The first definition of duality in the dictionary is the state or quality of being two or in two parts; dichotomy. Other definition of duality is the principle that a wave-particle duality exists in microphysics in which wave theory and corpuscular theory are complementary. The propagation of electromagnetic radiation is analysed using wave theory but its interaction with matter is described in terms of photons. The condition of particles such as electrons, neutrons, and atoms is described in terms of de Broglie waves. Duality is also the interchangeability of the roles of the point and the plane in statements and theorems in projective geometry.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DUALITY

actuality · asexuality · bestiality · collegiality · conditionality · confidentiality · conviviality · dimensionality · functionality · homosexuality · impartiality · individuality · materiality · punctuality · reality · sensuality · sexuality · speciality · spirituality · territoriality

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DUALITY

dual national · dual nationality · dual ownership · dual personality · dual sensory impairment · dual-band · dual-control · dual-heritage · dual-purpose · Duala · dualin · dualism · dualist · dualistic · dualistically · dualities · dualize · dualled · dualling · dually

WORDS THAT END LIKE DUALITY

ability · air quality · augmented reality · equality · hospitality · in reality · inequality · infant mortality · legality · locality · low-quality · mentality · morality · mortality · municipality · nationality · originality · personality · plurality · quality · vitality

Synonyms and antonyms of duality in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DUALITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «duality» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «duality» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DUALITY

Find out the translation of duality to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of duality from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «duality» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

dualidad
570 millions of speakers
en

English

duality
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

द्वंद्व
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الازدواجية
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

двойственность
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

dualidade
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

দ্বৈত
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

dualité
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Dualiti
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Dualität
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

二重性
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

이중성
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Duality
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

luật đối tính
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

இருமையியல்பு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

द्वंद्व
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

ikilik
70 millions of speakers
it

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dualità
65 millions of speakers
pl

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dwoistość
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

двоїстість
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

dualitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δυαδικότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dualiteit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dualitet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dualitet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of duality

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DUALITY»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about duality

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10 QUOTES WITH «DUALITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word duality.
1
Alain Aspect
The main ingredient of the first quantum revolution, wave-particle duality, has led to inventions such as the transistor and the laser that are at the root of the information society.
2
Hans Urs von Balthasar
Thus it is necessary to commence from an inescapable duality: the finite is not the infinite.
3
Nicolas Cage
When I was eight, I would look at the cover of the 'Ghost Rider' comic book in my little home in Long Beach, California, and I couldn't get my head around how something that scary could also be good. To me it was my first philosophical awakening - 'How is this possible, this duality?'
4
Marguerite Duras
Heterosexuality is dangerous. It tempts you to aim at a perfect duality of desire.
5
Robert Graham
Quetzalcoatl is a primal idea of the duality of human nature. The serpent is the embodiment of Heaven and Earth. It scares people in many ways.
6
LZ Granderson
Heroes aren't supposed to do bad things. That's what villains are for. So either the good supersedes the bad, or the bad makes it impossible to remember the good. We don't like it when such duality exists in one person. We don't want to know our heroes are human.
7
Paul Guilfoyle
Well I think that the mind of a serial killer and the mind of the detectives represent the duality we face as people.
8
Zola Jesus
Everything I do is a reflection of the duality within me. Musically, I really love things that are very synthetic and unnatural. And I also like the organic and human... the intrinsic, I guess.
9
Shekhar Kapur
In this universe, and this existence, where we live with this duality of whether we exist or not and who are we, the stories we tell ourselves are the stories that define the potentialities of our existence. We are the stories we tell ourselves.
10
George Michael
It's almost required with major artists that there's some duality. And I've got duality everywhere.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DUALITY»

Discover the use of duality in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to duality and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Lifting the Veil of Duality
In Lifting the Veil of Duality, best-selling author Andreas Moritz poignantly exposes the illusion of duality - good and evil, right and wrong, light and dark.
Andreas Moritz, 2005
2
Geometry of Banach Spaces, Duality Mappings and Nonlinear ...
.'; 'One service logic has rendered com puter science .. .'; 'One service category theory has rendered mathematics .. .'. AIl arguably true. And all statements obtainable this way form part of the raison d'etre of this series.
I. Cioranescu, 1990
3
Multi-Output Production and Duality: Theory and ...
Our original reason for writing this book was the desire to write down in one place a complete summary of the major results in du ality theory pioneered by Ronald W. Shephard in three of his books, Cost and Production Functions (1953), ...
Rolf Färe, Daniel Primont, 1994
4
Conjugate Duality and Optimization
The theory of duality in problems of optimization is developed in a setting of finite and infinite dimensional spaces using convex analysis.
R. Tyrrell Rockafellar, 1974
5
Duality and Modern Economics
The principal aim of this book is to provide a fairly systematic yet simple exposition of the basic structure of such arguments.
Richard Cornes, 1992
6
Gender Blending: Confronting the Limits of Duality
" -- Anne Bolin "Its readable style achieves a unique balance of the personal with scientific rigor." -- Contemporary Sociology "Holly Devor's Gender Blending is a pathfinding study that creates a new frontier in sex and gender research.
Aaron H. Devor, 1989
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Duality Principles in Nonconvex Systems: Theory, Methods and ...
Motivated by practical problems in engineering and physics, drawing on a wide range of applied mathematical disciplines, this book is the first to provide, within a unified framework, a self-contained comprehensive mathematical theory of ...
David Yang Gao, 2000
8
Grothendieck Duality and Base Change
Grothendieck's duality theory for coherent cohomology is a fundamental tool in algebraic geometry and number theory, in areas ranging from the moduli of curves to the arithmetic theory of modular forms.
Brian Conrad, 2000
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Duality
Love will give them strength—or prove to be their fatal flaw. Guardians of the Light, Book 1 Dara Khan Androcles is really in over her head this time.
Renee Wildes, 2008
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Duality and Definability in First Order Logic
Using the theory of categories as a framework, this book develops a duality theory for theories in first order logic in which the dual of a theory is the category of its models with suitable additional structure.
Michael Makkai, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DUALITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term duality is used in the context of the following news items.
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Duality of Change
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man. Change is intrinsic to whole of the universe. «Hill Post, Jul 15»
2
bjarke ingels, zaha hadid + others reinterpret arne jacobsen's series …
embracing the notion of duality, neri & hu's design involves replicating the singular chair to allow two people to be seated at once. the seats are ... «Designboom, Jul 15»
3
“OK, so what would convince you that racism is real?”
There was a strange duality for me, in watching the strained, embattled man calling for calm on my television screen—the soon-to-be lame duck ... «Salon, Jul 15»
4
It's Not Easy Being a Guy in a Country Song, Either
The song seems to celebrate the duality of masculinity—Paisley will “write a love song that makes you cry/ then turn right around, knock some ... «The New Republic, Jul 15»
5
The Underachievers Announce Sophomore Album & Tour
The album's title was announced today, Evermore - The Art of Duality, along with accompanying tour dates of the U.S. and the U.K. We're sure ... «HotNewHipHop, Jul 15»
6
SPIN Overlooked Albums Report: Hop Along Gives Us Palpitations …
The tumbling twinkle and bluesy Rich Homie Quan hook of “Like a Man” encapsulates the duality of Lil Boosie, a.k.a. Boosie Badazz, who ... «SPIN, Jul 15»
7
The South's Heritage Is So Much More Than a Flag
Duality of the Southern Thing. Instead, people were treating it as a rallying cry. I'm still grappling with how easily it was misinterpreted — and ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Watch: 'MX Nation' Episode 2 - The Season Begins
Dungey and Roczen have brought a duality to the motocross series that we have not seen since the early Ricky Carmichael vs. James Stewart ... «Red Bull, Jul 15»
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Gotham Season 2 News: Cameron Monaghan Teases Joker
It allows extra opportunities to explore the duality of his nature, and...oh, you get the point. This is still more subtle than anything that show has ... «Den of Geek!, Jul 15»
10
Rush takes a bow with R40 tour
The lone-wolf kids who found solace in Subdivisions two years earlier could latch on to the “it's cool to be so tough/tough to be so cool” duality. «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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