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Quadruplex

adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having four components. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Of or relating to a system in telegraphy by which four messages (two in each direction) can be sent on one wire simultaneously. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Of or relating to an early videotape format with four magnetic record/reproduce heads mounted on a headwheel spinning transversely across the tape. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    having four units or components wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A quadruplex system. countable

    "The Western Union office is equipped with four quadruplexes, three duplexes and eleven single loops, besides special private loops in the Japanese and Russian suites, where direct communication will be maintained with the Atlantic cables at Heart’s Content, Newfoundland via Canso, and also with the Western Union offices in New York, whence the Japanese diplomatic matter will be sent via land lines to San Francisco over a direct circuit."

  2. 2
    Clipping of quadruplex videotape, an early type of videotape with four magnetic record/reproduce heads mounted on a headwheel spinning transversely across the tape. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To make quadruplex. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin quadruplex (“fourfold, quadruple”), from quattuor (“four”) + plico (“fold”). By surface analysis, quadru- + -plex.

Etymology 2

From Latin quadruplex (“fourfold, quadruple”), from quattuor (“four”) + plico (“fold”). By surface analysis, quadru- + -plex.

Etymology 3

From Latin quadruplex (“fourfold, quadruple”), from quattuor (“four”) + plico (“fold”). By surface analysis, quadru- + -plex.

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