quadruplex

quadruplex
a) Having four components.

The childs toy was quadruplex and had four moving parts.

b) of or relating to a system in telegraphy by which four messages can be sent on one wire simultaneously.
2. noun
A quadruplex system

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  • Quadruplex — Quad ru*plex, a. [L., from quattuor four + plicare to fold.] Fourfold; folded or doubled twice. [1913 Webster] {Quadruplex system} (Electric Telegraph), a system by which four messages, two in each direction, may be sent simultaneously over the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • quadruplex — quadruplex. См. квадруплекс. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • quadruplex — [kwä′drə pleks΄, kwä′dro͞opleks΄] adj. [L < quadru (see QUADRUPED) + plex, fold: see DUPLEX] 1. fourfold ☆ 2. designating or of a former system of telegraphy in which four messages could be sent simultaneously over one wire, two in either… …   English World dictionary

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  • quadruplex — adjective having four units or components quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure quadruplex wire • Syn: ↑quadruple, ↑quadruplicate, ↑fourfold, ↑four fold • Similar to: ↑multip …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Quadruplex system — Quadruplex Quad ru*plex, a. [L., from quattuor four + plicare to fold.] Fourfold; folded or doubled twice. [1913 Webster] {Quadruplex system} (Electric Telegraph), a system by which four messages, two in each direction, may be sent simultaneously …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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