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Definition of quadruplex in English: quadruplex(also quadriplex) adjective ˈkwɒdrʊplɛks 2Telecommunications. Originally: designating a system of telegraphy enabling four messages to be sent over a wire at the same time, two in each direction (now chiefly historical). Later also: relating to or designating the transmission or reception of four signals simultaneously over one channel or with one aerial. 3Genetics. Of a polyploid individual: having the dominant allele of a particular gene represented four times.
noun ˈkwɒdrʊplɛks 1Telegraphy. A quadruplex telegraph. Now historical. 2A house or apartment that has four rooms. rare. 3An apartment that has four floors connected by interior staircases. 4A building divided into four separate residences; = "quadplex".
verb ˈkwɒdrʊplɛks Telecommunications with object To make (a circuit, conductor, etc.) quadruplex; to multiply (a circuit's capacity) fourfold; now chiefly historical.
OriginEarly 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Palmer (?1541–1626), author. From classical Latin quadruplex fourfold, multiplied by four, four times as much from quadru- + -plex. Compare earlier quadruple, quadruplicity
late 19th century; earliest use found in The Electrician. From quadruplex. Definition of quadruplex in US English: quadruplex(also quadriplex) adjectiveˈkwɒdrʊplɛks 2Telecommunications. Originally: designating a system of telegraphy enabling four messages to be sent over a wire at the same time, two in each direction (now chiefly historical). Later also: relating to or designating the transmission or reception of four signals simultaneously over one channel or with one aerial. 3Genetics. Of a polyploid individual: having the dominant allele of a particular gene represented four times.
nounˈkwɒdrʊplɛks 1Telegraphy. A quadruplex telegraph. Now historical. 2A house or apartment that has four rooms. rare. 3An apartment that has four floors connected by interior staircases. 4A building divided into four separate residences; = "quadplex".
verbˈkwɒdrʊplɛks Telecommunications with object To make (a circuit, conductor, etc.) quadruplex; to multiply (a circuit's capacity) fourfold; now chiefly historical.
OriginEarly 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Palmer (?1541–1626), author. From classical Latin quadruplex fourfold, multiplied by four, four times as much from quadru- + -plex. Compare earlier quadruple, quadruplicity<br>late 19th century; earliest use found in The Electrician. From quadruplex. |