| Pronunciation: | | 'kwâdrû`pleks
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[adj] having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire" |
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QUADRUPLEX is a 10 letter word that starts with Q. |
| | Synonyms: | | fourfold, multiple, quadruple, quadruplicate |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Quad"ru*plex\, a. [L., from quattuor four + plicare
to fold.]
Fourfold; folded or doubled twice.
{Quadruplex system} (Electric Telegraph), a system by which
four messages, two in each direction, may be sent
simultaneously over the wire.
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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A kind of telegraphy system developed by Thomas A. Edison in the 1870s combining diplex and duplex communications to support simultaneous transmission of two messages in each direction. |
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