Definition of Duple

1. Adjective. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs. "Duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure"

Exact synonyms: Double, Dual
Similar to: Multiple
Derivative terms: Duality

Definition of Duple

1. a. Double.

Definition of Duple

1. Adjective. (rare) Double. ¹

2. Adjective. (context: of time or music) Having two beats, or a multiple of two beats, in each measure. ¹

3. Adjective. (context: poetry) Having two beats in each foot. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Duple

1. having two parts or elements [adj]

Medical Definition of Duple

1. Duple ratio, that in which the antecedent term is double the consequent, as of 2 to 1, 8 to 4, etc. Alternative term for double. Origin: L. Duplus. See Double. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Duple

dupe
duped
duper
duperies
dupers
dupery
dupes
dupiaza
dupiazas
duping
dupion
dupioni
dupions
duplation
duplations
duple (current term)
duple time
duplet
duplets
duplex
duplex Doppler scan
duplex apartment
duplex echocardiography
duplex house
duplex kidney
duplex nail
duplex transmission
duplex ultrasonography
duplex uterus
duplexed

Literary usage of Duple

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Study of Metre by Thomas Stewart Omond (1903)
"duple metre may therefore be divided into duple rising and duple falling (corresponding to the " iambic " and " trochaic " of our grammars), according as ..."

2. Godey's Magazine by Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1896)
"By duple»!s. lature a long time elapsed before he again visited the shipyards. When he did so, one of the journeymen remarked that he did not come to see ..."

3. Music (1897)
"This in music gives rise to duple or triple rhythm. I have noted songs in which, it has seemed to me, the composer has not felt clearly the difference ..."

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