duplexer

English

Etymology

From duplex +‎ -er.

Noun

duplexer (plural duplexers)

  1. (electronics) A device that enables communication in two directions over a single path.
    • 2009, Ken-ya Hashimoto, RF Bulk Acoustic Wave Filters for Communications‎, →ISBN, page 119:
      At first, making a duplexer seemed impossible, of all the filters in the cell phone, the specifications for the duplexer were by far the most stringent.
    • 2011, Alastair D. McAulay, Military Laser Technology for Defense‎, →ISBN, page 272:
      The HE11 mode emits a Gaussian beam into free space as is required for input to the quasi-optical duplexer attached to the antenna.
    • 2012, TV White Space Spectrum Technologies‎, →ISBN:
      A drawback in the dual duplexer design is that six channels are lost because three band gaps are required.

French

Etymology

From duplex +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dy.plɛk.se/
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Verb

duplexer

  1. to link two points (with cables, wires, etc.)

Conjugation
Conjugation of duplexer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple duplexer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple duplexant
/dy.plɛk.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle duplexé
/dy.plɛk.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present duplexe
/dy.plɛks/		 duplexes
/dy.plɛks/		 duplexe
/dy.plɛks/		 duplexons
/dy.plɛk.sɔ̃/		 duplexez
/dy.plɛk.se/		 duplexent
/dy.plɛks/
imperfect duplexais
/dy.plɛk.sɛ/		 duplexais
/dy.plɛk.sɛ/		 duplexait
/dy.plɛk.sɛ/		 duplexions
/dy.plɛk.sjɔ̃/		 duplexiez
/dy.plɛk.sje/		 duplexaient
/dy.plɛk.sɛ/
past historic2 duplexai
/dy.plɛk.se/		 duplexas
/dy.plɛk.sa/		 duplexa
/dy.plɛk.sa/		 duplexâmes
/dy.plɛk.sam/		 duplexâtes
/dy.plɛk.sat/		 duplexèrent
/dy.plɛk.sɛʁ/
future duplexerai
/dy.plɛk.sə.ʁe/		 duplexeras
/dy.plɛk.sə.ʁa/		 duplexera
/dy.plɛk.sə.ʁa/		 duplexerons
/dy.plɛk.sə.ʁɔ̃/		 duplexerez
/dy.plɛk.sə.ʁe/		 duplexeront
/dy.plɛk.sə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional duplexerais
/dy.plɛk.sə.ʁɛ/		 duplexerais
/dy.plɛk.sə.ʁɛ/		 duplexerait
/dy.plɛk.sə.ʁɛ/		 duplexerions
/dy.plɛk.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 duplexeriez
/dy.plɛk.sə.ʁje/		 duplexeraient
/dy.plɛk.sə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present duplexe
/dy.plɛks/		 duplexes
/dy.plɛks/		 duplexe
/dy.plɛks/		 duplexions
/dy.plɛk.sjɔ̃/		 duplexiez
/dy.plɛk.sje/		 duplexent
/dy.plɛks/
imperfect2 duplexasse
/dy.plɛk.sas/		 duplexasses
/dy.plɛk.sas/		 duplexât
/dy.plɛk.sa/		 duplexassions
/dy.plɛk.sa.sjɔ̃/		 duplexassiez
/dy.plɛk.sa.sje/		 duplexassent
/dy.plɛk.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — duplexe
/dy.plɛks/		 — duplexons
/dy.plɛk.sɔ̃/		 duplexez
/dy.plɛk.se/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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