quadruplex

Etymology

From Latin quadruplex (“fourfold, quadruple”), from quattuor (“four”) + plico (“fold”)

Adjective

quadruplex (not comparable)

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.

Noun

quadruplex (plural quadruplexes)

1. A quadruplex system.

Verb

quadruplex (third-person singular simple present quadruplexes, present participle quadruplexing, simple past and past participle quadruplexed)

1. (transitive) To make quadruplex.

Etymology

From quattuor (“four”) + plicō (“fold, double up”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷa.dru.pleks/, [ˈkʷa.drʊ.pɫɛks]

Adjective

quadruplex (genitive quadruplicis); third declension

1. fourfold, quadruple

Noun

quadruplex n (genitive quadruplicis); third declension

1. a fourfold amount

Related terms

• quadruplicātiō
• quadruplicātō
• quadruplicō
• quadruplō
• quadruplus

References

• quadruplex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quadruplex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quadruplex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette