duality

Nouns

  • (n) being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
    • the dichotomy between eastern and western culture
    dichotomy,
  • (n) (physics) the property of matter and electromagnetic radiation that is characterized by the fact that some properties can be explained best by wave theory and others by particle theory wave-particle duality,
  • (n) (geometry) the interchangeability of the roles of points and planes in the theorems of projective geometry

Synonyms

dichotomy wave-particle duality

Words of close approximity

dualism dualist