duality

  1. Noun.  A classification into two subclasses or opposed parts.
  2. Noun.  (context, projective geometry) The interchangeability of points and planes.
  3. Noun.  (mathematics, physics) The mathematical equivalence of two seemingly different theoretical descriptions of a physical system.

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