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QUADRUPLEX
quadruple, quadruplicate, quadruplex, fourfold, four-fold
(adjective) having four units or components; “quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure”; “quadruplex wire”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
quadruplex (not comparable)
Having four components.
Of or relating to a system in telegraphy by which four messages (two in each direction) can be sent on one wire simultaneously.
Of or relating to an early videotape format with four magnetic record/reproduce heads mounted on a headwheel spinning transversely across the tape.
Noun
quadruplex (plural quadruplexes)
A quadruplex system.
Verb
quadruplex (third-person singular simple present quadruplexes, present participle quadruplexing, simple past and past participle quadruplexed)
(transitive) To make quadruplex.
Source: Wiktionary
Quad"ru*plex, a. Etym: [L., from quattuor four + plicare to fold.]
Definition: Fourfold; folded or doubled twice. Quadruplex system (Electric Telegraph), a system by which four messages, two in each direction, may be sent simultaneously over the wire.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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