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quadruplex.

Having four components.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Having four components.

    not-comparable
  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. 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
Where this word comes from

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

noun
  1. A quadruplex system.

    countable
  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
Where this word comes from

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

verb
  1. To make quadruplex.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

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

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