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English
Etymology
Mid-17th century. From Latin duplus.
Pronunciation
Noun
duplet (plural duplets)
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3 → [a], [b]
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Cardinal: two
Ordinal: second
Latinate ordinal: secondary
Reverse order ordinal: second to last, second from last, last but one
Latinate reverse order ordinal: penultimate
Adverbial: two times, twice
Multiplier: twofold
Latinate multiplier: double
Distributive: doubly
Group collective: both, pair, twosome
Multipart collective: doublet, couple, couplet
Greek or Latinate collective: dyad
Metric collective prefix: double-
Greek collective prefix: di-, duo-
Latinate collective prefix: bi-
Fractional: half
Metric fractional prefix: demi-
Latinate fractional prefix: semi-
Greek fractional prefix: hemi-
Elemental: twin, doublet
Greek prefix: deutero-
Number of musicians: duo, duet, duplet
Number of years: biennium
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- A group of two things.
- (music) A tuplet of two notes played in the time of three.
- (physics) the set of two electrons, with antiparallel spins, in the same orbital
- (beekeeping, archaic) An empty box placed above the existing boxes of the beehive in order to allow the colony to expand or store additional honey.
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