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echoplex

echoplex verb: to echo received text characters back to the computer that sent them.

Verb

echoplex (third-person singular simple present echoplexes, present participle echoplexing, simple past and past participle echoplexed)

  1. (intransitive) To echo received text characters back to the computer that sent them.
    • The device that is to echo the characters should be optioned for echoplexing. As indicated, echoplexing is often confused with the duplexes. If a character is typed, such as A, and on the terminal appears AA, the far end is echoplexing while the terminal is optioned for local displaying of the...1991, Martin D. Seyer, RS-232 made easy
  2. (transitive) To apply a tape delay effect on (an instrument).
    • […](making much use of Macero's splicing, tape loops and echoplexing of Miles' trumpet).1979, Black Music & Jazz Review, volume 1, numbers 10–12, page 17
    • William "Wee Gee" Howard takes the lead vocal and Dennis Coffey plays the heavily echoplexed guitar, […]2003, Rob Bowman, Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records, page 257

Noun

echoplex (plural echoplexes)

  1. (also, capitalized) A tape delay effect first used in the 1960s.
    • On Electric Bath Ellis provided an exquisite example of how to use the loop delay echo chamber on his trumpet, as he played “Open Beauty”. By using an echoplex Ellis was able to play highly effective solos, duets, and trios in a surrealistic manner by himself.2001, Bob Yurochko, A Short History of Jazz, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 175

echoplex meaning in Tamil

echoplex in Tamil

எதிரொலிச் சரிபார்ப்பு, பெற்ற தகவலை மீண்டும்

Forms of echoplex

Verb
third-person singular presentechoplexes
present participleechoplexing
past participleechoplexed
pastechoplexed
Noun
pluralechoplexes

Origin of echoplex

From echo- + -plex.

Questions about echoplex

What does echoplex mean?
Echoplex means to echo received text characters back to the computer that sent them.
What is echoplex in Tamil?
Echoplex in Tamil is எதிரொலிச் சரிபார்ப்பு, பெற்ற தகவலை மீண்டும். See Echoplex meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is echoplex?
Echoplex can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of echoplex?
The past tense of echoplex is echoplexed.

Words near echoplex in the dictionary

  1. echophenomenon
  2. echophony
  3. echophrasia
  4. echoplanar
  5. echoplasia
  6. echoplex
  7. echoplexed
  8. echoplexes
  9. echoplexing
  10. echopractic
  11. echopraxia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: echoplex (page history and authors); echoplex (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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