quadruplex

Значение (Английский)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Having four components.
2. (not-comparable) Of or relating to a system in telegraphy by which four messages (two in each direction) can be sent on one wire simultaneously.
3. (not-comparable) Of or relating to an early videotape format with four magnetic record/reproduce heads mounted on a headwheel spinning transversely across the tape.

Noun

1. (countable) A quadruplex system.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable) Clipping of quadruplex videotape, an early type of videotape with four magnetic record/reproduce heads mounted on a headwheel spinning transversely across the tape.

Verb

To make quadruplex.

Синонимы

quadruple

fourfold

four-fold

quadruplicate

tetramerous

tetraploid

quad

Переводы

τετραπλός

quádruple

quadruple

quádruplo

cuádruplex

dört katlı

Этимология (Английский)

From Latin quadruplex (“fourfold, quadruple”), from quattuor (“four”) + plico (“fold”). By surface analysis, quadru- + -plex.