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duals

/ˈduːəlz/ /ˈdjuːəlz/

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noun

Gegenstück, Partner

Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair.

Examples :

"My shoes are a pair; the left shoe is one of the duals to the right shoe. "

Meine Schuhe sind ein Paar; der linke Schuh ist das Gegenstück zum rechten Schuh.

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noun

Dual, Zwilling

Of a regular polyhedron with V vertices and F faces, the regular polyhedron having F vertices and V faces.

Examples :

"The octahedron is the dual of the cube."

Das Oktaeder ist der Dual des Würfels.

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noun

Dual, Zwillingsform

(grammar) dual number The grammatical number of a noun marking two of something (as in singular, dual, plural), sometimes referring to two of anything (a couple of, exactly two of), or a chirality-marked pair (as in left and right, as with gloves or shoes) or in some languages as a discourse marker, "between you and me". A few languages display trial number.

Examples :

""Ancient Greek used duals when referring to exactly two of something, like 'two hands' or 'two eyes'." "

Altgriechisch verwendete die Zwillingsform, wenn es sich auf genau zwei Dinge bezog, wie 'zwei Hände' oder 'zwei Augen'.

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Dualvektor, Linearform

Of a vector in an inner product space, the linear functional corresponding to taking the inner product with that vector. The set of all duals is a vector space called the dual space.

Examples :

"In linear algebra homework, we often calculate the duals of given vectors to explore the relationship between vectors and linear transformations. "

In den Hausaufgaben zur linearen Algebra berechnen wir oft die Dualvektoren gegebener Vektoren, um die Beziehung zwischen Vektoren und linearen Transformationen zu untersuchen.

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