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Quadplex vs Quadruplex - What's the difference?

quadplex | quadruplex |

As nouns the difference between quadplex and quadruplex

is that quadplex is (us) a building divided into four separate residences or commercial premises while quadruplex is a quadruplex system.

As an adjective quadruplex is

having four components.

quadplex

English

Noun

(es)
  • (US) A building divided into four separate residences or commercial premises

    • quadruplex

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having four components.
    • The child's toy was quadruplex and had four moving parts.
  • Of or relating to a system in telegraphy by which four messages (two in each direction) can be sent on one wire simultaneously.
  • Of or relating to an early videotape format with four magnetic record/reproduce heads mounted on a headwheel spinning transversely across the tape.

    • Noun

    (es)
  • A quadruplex system