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half-duplex

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[haf-doo-pleks, -dyoo-, hahf-] / ˈhæfˈdu plɛks, -ˈdyu-, ˈhɑf- /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the transmission of information in opposite directions but not simultaneously.

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