quadruplex
pronunciation
How to pronounce quadruplex in British English:
UK ['kwɒdrʊpleks]
How to pronounce quadruplex in American English:
US ['kwɒdrʊˌpleks]
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- Adjective:
- having four units or components
Word Origin
- quadruplex (adj.)
- 1875, in reference to telegraph systems in which four messages can be wired simultaneously, from quadru- + plex. In classical Latin, quadruplex meant "fourfold, quadruple," as a noun, "a fourfold amount."
Example
- 1. Another improvement , by the famed inventor thomas alva edison ( 1847-1931 ) in 1874 , was the quadruplex system , which allowed for four messages to be transmitted simultaneously using the same wire .