quadruplex

English

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.

Translations

Noun

quadruplex (plural quadruplexes)

  1. A quadruplex system.

Translations

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To make quadruplex.

Latin

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

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative quadruplex quadruplex quadruplicēs quadruplicia
Genitive quadruplicis quadruplicis quadruplicium quadruplicium
Dative quadruplicī quadruplicī quadruplicibus quadruplicibus
Accusative quadruplicem quadruplex quadruplicēs quadruplicia
Ablative quadruplicī quadruplicī quadruplicibus quadruplicibus
Vocative quadruplex quadruplex quadruplicēs quadruplicia

Noun

quadruplex n (genitive quadruplicis); third declension

  1. a fourfold amount

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative quadruplex quadruplica
Genitive quadruplicis quadruplicum
Dative quadruplicī quadruplicibus
Accusative quadruplex quadruplica
Ablative quadruplice quadruplicibus
Vocative quadruplex quadruplica

Descendants

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
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