Wiktionary
a. Having two purposes; able to be used for two separate things.
Wikipedia
Dual-purpose is a noun and adjective referring to things serving two purposes. It can specifically refer to:
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Dual-use technology
- Dual purpose gun, naval artillery mounting designed to engage both surface and air targets
- Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition
- Dual-purpose motorcycle, designed for both on- and off-road use
- Dual-purpose pump ladder, standard type of firefighting vehicle used by the London Fire Brigade
- Fighting knife
- Viaduct, road bridge-aqueduct
- Dual-purpose breed, an animal or plant breed such as chickens, beef/dairy cattle, sheep, goats, ducks, geese, pigs, hops, etc. that provide at least 2 kinds of resources (food such as meat, eggs, and milk; wool, hide) or skills (such as with some hunting dogs and pigeons)
Usage examples of "dual-purpose".
They were dual-purpose machines brought in to perform a specific task, and then, that task done rather typical of company policy they had simply been dollied to the back of the hangar and forgotten.
They were dual-purpose machines brought in to perform a specific task, and then, that task done — rather typical of company policy — they had simply been dollied to the back of the hangar and forgotten.
They used two forklift trucks to trundle depth charges, light, dual-purpose antiaircraft guns, and a sufficiency of shells down to the dockside, then used one of the scores of cranes that lined the dockside to lower the stolen equipment into the hold of the Roamer, which was then battened down.