duplex

IPA(Pronunciation)

Adjective

not-comparable

(architecture) Having two floors / (architecture) Having two units, divisions, suites, apartments / (telecommunications) Bidirectional (in two directions).

Japanese Meaning

(建築) 二階建てである、もしくは二つのユニット（分棟、スイート、アパートなど）を有している / (通信) 双方向（2方向）である

They bought a duplex townhouse overlooking the river.

彼らは川を見下ろす二階建てのタウンハウスを買いました。

Sense（1）

(architecture) Having two floors

Sense（2）

(architecture) Having two units, divisions, suites, apartments

Sense（3）

(telecommunications) Bidirectional (in two directions).

duplex telegraphy

Sense（4）

(soil science) Having horizons with contrasting textures.

Soils are duplex, sandy and solodic. The dominant trees are the stringybark eucalypts […]