QUADRUPLEXES
" fourfold.
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.
of a polyploid individual: having the dominant allele of a particular gene represented four times.
a quadruplex telegraph.
a house or apartment that has four rooms.
an apartment that has four floors connected by interior staircases.
a building divided into four separate residences; = ""quadplex"".
to make (a circuit, conductor, etc.) quadruplex; to multiply (a circuit's capacity) fourfold; now chiefly historical.
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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.
of a polyploid individual: having the dominant allele of a particular gene represented four times.
a quadruplex telegraph.
a house or apartment that has four rooms.
an apartment that has four floors connected by interior staircases.
a building divided into four separate residences; = ""quadplex"".
to make (a circuit, conductor, etc.) quadruplex; to multiply (a circuit's capacity) fourfold; now chiefly historical.
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