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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  quadruplex
       
           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.
       
          (2000-04-02)
       
       

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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 wire.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Quadruplex \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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  quadruplex
       adj : having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four
             beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire" [syn: quadruple,
              quadruplicate, fourfold]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  quadruplex
     Latin a.
     fourfold, quadruple
     Latin n.
     a fourfold amount

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  quadruplex
     a.
     1 Having four components.
     2 Of or relating to a system in telegraphy by which four messages
  (two in each direction) can be sent on one wire simultaneously.
     3 Of or relating to an early videotape format with four magnetic
  record/reproduce heads mounted on a headwheel spinning transversely
  across the tape.
     n.
     1 (lb en countable) A #Adjective system.
     {clip+of|en|(w:+quadruplex+videotape)|dot=," rel="nofollow">2 (lb en uncountable) {clip of|en|(w: quadruplex videotape)|dot=,
  an early type of videotape with four magnetic record/reproduce heads
  mounted on a headwheel spinning transversely across the tape.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To make #Adjective.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  quadruplex
     Latin a.
     fourfold, quadruple
     Latin n.
     a fourfold amount

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  quadruplex
     Latin a.
     fourfold, quadruple
     Latin n.
     a fourfold amount

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  quadruplex
     Latin card.
     ''(multiplikativ)'' fyra gånger så mycket

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  quadruplex /kwˈɒdɹuːplˌɛks/ 
  čtyřnásobný

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  quadruplex /kwˈɒdɹuːplˌɛks/
  1. dört katlı
  2. çift yönlü telgraf sistemine ait
  3. telgraf sisteminde gönderici alet.

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 四工

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