ALL meanings of duality
du·al·i·ty
D d - noun duality a dual state or quality. 1
- noun duality Mathematics. a symmetry within a mathematical system such that a theorem remains valid if certain objects, relations, or operations are interchanged, as the interchange of points and lines in a plane in projective geometry. 1
- noun duality twofold nature 1
- noun duality The quality or condition of being dual. 1
- variable noun duality A duality is a situation in which two opposite ideas or feelings exist at the same time. 0
- noun duality the state or quality of being two or in two parts; dichotomy 0
- noun duality 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 0
- noun duality the interchangeability of the roles of the point and the plane in statements and theorems in projective geometry 0
- noun duality A classification into two subclasses or opposed parts. 0
- noun duality (projective geometry) The interchangeability of points and planes. 0
- noun duality (mathematics, physics) The mathematical equivalence of two seemingly different theoretical descriptions of a physical system. 0