"quadruplex" meaning in English

See quadruplex in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Latin quadruplex (“fourfold, quadruple”), from quattuor (“four”) + plico (“fold”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|quadruplex||fourfold, quadruple}} Latin quadruplex (“fourfold, quadruple”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} quadruplex (not comparable)
  1. Having four components. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Four Translations (having four components): τετραπλός (tetraplós) [masculine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-quadruplex-en-adj-35kq7XM0 Disambiguation of Four: 37 15 19 3 21 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 5 22 1 31 3 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 35 8 20 2 30 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 5 25 2 27 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 52 3 12 2 14 4 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 3 17 2 19 4 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 34 6 23 3 27 8 Disambiguation of 'having four components': 93 3 4
  2. Of or relating to a system in telegraphy by which four messages (two in each direction) can be sent on one wire simultaneously. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-quadruplex-en-adj-ORkgTrCA
  3. Of or relating to an early videotape format with four magnetic record/reproduce heads mounted on a headwheel spinning transversely across the tape. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-quadruplex-en-adj-FvTHdacJ Categories (other): English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 35 8 20 2 30 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 5 25 2 27 7

Noun

Forms: quadruplexes [plural]
Etymology: From Latin quadruplex (“fourfold, quadruple”), from quattuor (“four”) + plico (“fold”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|quadruplex||fourfold, quadruple}} Latin quadruplex (“fourfold, quadruple”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} quadruplex (countable and uncountable, plural quadruplexes)
  1. (countable) A quadruplex system. Tags: countable Translations (a quadruplex system): τετραπλός (tetraplós) [masculine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-quadruplex-en-noun-X6bm83R1 Disambiguation of 'a quadruplex system': 100 0
  2. (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. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable Alternative form of: quadruplex videotape (extra: an early type of videotape with four magnetic record/reproduce heads mounted on a headwheel spinning transversely across the tape)
    Sense id: en-quadruplex-en-noun-pCyjJn2Y Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 35 8 20 2 30 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 5 25 2 27 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: G-quadruplex

Verb

Forms: quadruplexes [present, singular, third-person], quadruplexing [participle, present], quadruplexed [participle, past], quadruplexed [past]
Etymology: From Latin quadruplex (“fourfold, quadruple”), from quattuor (“four”) + plico (“fold”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|quadruplex||fourfold, quadruple}} Latin quadruplex (“fourfold, quadruple”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} quadruplex (third-person singular simple present quadruplexes, present participle quadruplexing, simple past and past participle quadruplexed)
  1. (transitive) To make quadruplex. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-quadruplex-en-verb-8TD0WNcy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (65a6e81 and 0dbea76). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.