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echoplex en · NOUN

Etymology

From echo- + -plex.

Meanings

  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:

Forms

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echoplexes Number=Plur lexicographic

echoplex en · VERB

Etymology

From echo- + -plex.

Meanings

  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 characters while they are typed. 1991, Martin D. Seyer, RS-232 made easy:
  2. (transitive) To apply a tape delay effect on (an instrument).
    • 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:
    • […](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:

Forms

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echoplexing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
echoplexes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
echoplexed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
echoplexed Tense=Past lexicographic