Expressing the number two; as the dual number in Greek.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
Expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two; as, the dual number of nouns, etc. , in Greek.
1. State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction
2. A view of man as constituted of two original and independent elements, as matter and spirit.
3. A system which accepts two gods, or two original principles, one good and the other evil.
4. The doctrine that all mankind are divided by the arbitrary decree of God, and in his eternal foreknowledge, into two classes, the elect and the reprobate.
5. The theory that each cerebral hemisphere acts independently of the other.
2. One who administers two offices.
Consisting of two. The dualistic system of Anaxagoras and Plato taught that there are two principles in nature, one active, the other passive.
1. That which expresses two in number.
2. Division; separation.
3. The state or quality of being two.
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