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Hyphenation for “quadruplex”

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What is the correct hyphenation for “quadruplex”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "quadruplex" because otherwise it would be too long and would no longer fit on one line. This separation not only saves space it improves the visually flow of the text. This word separation exists in most languages. In English, the word separation of “quadruplex” is based on the speech syllables. The separating syllable in linguistics is therefore the smallest group of sounds in the natural flow of speech. As a separator, the classic hyphen is usually used: „quadruplex“ ⟶ „quadru-plex“.

Hyphens are occasionally used to denote syllabification, as in syl-la-bi-fi-ca-tion. Various British and North American dictionaries use an interpunct, sometimes called a "middle dot" or "hyphenation point", for this purpose, as in syl·la·bi·fi·ca·tion. This allows the hyphen to be reserved only for places where a hard hyphen is intended (for example, self-con·scious, un·self-con·scious, long-stand·ing). Similarly, hyphens may be used to indicate how a word is being or should be spelled. For example, W-O-R-D spells "word".

Definitions of "quadruplex"

Definition: [noun] A quadruplex telegraph.

Definition: [noun] A house or apartment that has four rooms.

Definition: [noun] An apartment that has four floors connected by interior staircases.

Definition: [noun] A building divided into four separate residences; = "quadplex".

Definition: [adjective] Fourfold.

Definition: [adjective] 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.

Definition: [adjective] Of a polyploid individual: having the dominant allele of a particular gene represented four times.