duality
/d(j)uːˈælɪti/ noun C1- The quality of containing or comprising two often opposed parts or aspects. · the moral duality of certain characters· Mother Nature's eternal duality, both life-giving and destructive
- The aggregate of two complementary subclasses or parts. · philosophical duality· The novel explored the duality of good and evil.
- The mathematical equivalence of two seemingly different theoretical descriptions of a physical system. · wave-particle duality
- The interchangeability of points and planes.
Plural dualities
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