quadruplex

[ kwod-roo-pleks, kwo-droo-pleks ]

adjective
  1. fourfold; quadruple.

  2. 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

1
From Latin, dating back to 1870–75; see origin at quadru-, -plex

Words 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 Martin
  • The 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 Martin
  • I 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 Martin
  • For 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 Martin
  • Among 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

quadruplex

/ (ˈkwɒdrʊˌplɛks, kwɒˈdruːplɛks) /


adjective
  1. consisting of four parts; fourfold

  2. denoting a type of television video tape recorder having four transversely rotating heads

Origin of quadruplex

1
C19: from Latin, from quadru- (see quadri-) + -plex -fold

Derived forms of quadruplex

  • quadruplicity (ˌkwɒdrʊˈplɪsɪtɪ), noun

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