单词 | duality |
释义 | duality/djuːˈalɪti /noun (plural dualities) 1 [mass noun] The quality or condition of being dual: this duality of purpose was discernible in the appointments...
1.1 Mathematics The property of two theorems, expressions, etc., of being dual to each other.These two dualities reduce the number of distinct theories from five to three. 1.2 Physics The quantum-mechanical property of being regardable as both a wave and a particle.I think a scientific parallel might be drawn from the uncertainty principle in quantum physics, or perhaps from photon wave/particle duality....
2An instance of opposition or contrast between two concepts or two aspects of something; a dualism: his photographs capitalize on the dualities of light and dark, stillness and movement...
Synonyms doubleness, dualism, duplexity, ambivalence; dichotomy, polarity, separation, opposition, difference OriginLate Middle English: from late Latin dualitas, from dualis (see dual). Rhymes |
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