quadruplex
fourfold; quadruple.
noting or pertaining to a system of telegraphy by which four messages may be transmitted simultaneously over one wire or communications channel.
Origin of quadruplex
1Words Nearby quadruplex
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How to use quadruplex in a sentence
At this juncture other schemes were fermenting in his brain; but the quadruplex engrossed him.
Edison, His Life and Inventions | Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford MartinThe quadruplex has not as a rule the same working efficiency that four separate wires have.
Edison, His Life and Inventions | Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford MartinI had paid for all the experiments on the quadruplex and exhausted the money, and I was again in straits.
Edison, His Life and Inventions | Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford MartinFor his quadruplex system, Mr. Edison utilized this fact in the construction of a rheostat or resistance box.
Edison, His Life and Inventions | Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford MartinAmong them was one which was issued some years afterward as Patent No. 480,567, covering his well-known quadruplex.
Edison, His Life and Inventions | Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
British Dictionary definitions for quadruplex
/ (ˈkwɒdrʊˌplɛks, kwɒˈdruːplɛks) /
consisting of four parts; fourfold
denoting a type of television video tape recorder having four transversely rotating heads
Origin of quadruplex
1Derived forms of quadruplex
- quadruplicity (ˌkwɒdrʊˈplɪsɪtɪ), noun
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