Quadruplex system

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Quadruplex \Quad"ru*plex\, a. [L., from quattuor four + plicare
   to fold.]
   Fourfold; folded or doubled twice.
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   {Quadruplex system} (Electric Telegraph), a system by which
      four messages, two in each direction, may be sent
      simultaneously over the wire.
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