bifold vs dual

bifold

adj
  • Of two kinds. 

  • Twofold, double. 

noun
  • A wallet, billfold, or carrying case with a single fold, so that it opens like a book. 

  • A door, window, shutter, or divider consisting of two equal panels hinged together so that it opens by folding the panels against each other. 

  • A sheet of paper or cardboard folded in half along a crease down the center. 

  • A crease or turn that causes something to double back on itself. 

dual

adj
  • Pertaining to two, pertaining to a pair of. 

  • Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components. 

  • Pertaining to a grammatical number in certain languages that refers to two of something, such as a pair of shoes. 

  • Exhibiting duality. 

  • Being the dual of some other category; containing the same objects but with source and target reversed for all morphisms. 

  • Being the space of all linear functionals of (some other space). 

noun
  • Of a vector in an inner product space, the linear functional corresponding to taking the inner product with that vector. The set of all duals is a vector space called the dual space. 

  • The dual number. 

  • Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair. 

  • Of a regular polyhedron with V vertices and F faces, the regular polyhedron having F vertices and V faces. 

verb
  • To convert from single to dual; specifically, to convert a single-carriageway road to a dual carriageway. 

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