quad|ru|plex

quad|ru|plex
quad|ru|plex «KWOD ru plehks», adjective.
1. = fourfold. (Cf.fourfold)
2. of or designating a system of telegraphy by which four messages, two in each direction, may be sent over one wire at the same time.
[< Latin quadruplex fourfold < quadru-, variant of quadri- four + -plex, -plicis, related to plaga flat(ness)]

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