multiplex

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20
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25
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈmʌl.tiˌplɛks/

Definition of multiplex

12 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Comprising several interleaved parts.
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Comprising several interleaved parts.
  2. (not-comparable)Having petals lying in folds over each other.
  3. (not-comparable)Having multiple members with a particular condition.
    “Supporting an additive model, simplex families […] have less impairment than multiplex families (those with two or more individuals affected) in language processing.”

noun

  1. A building or a place where several activities occur in multiple units concurrently or different times.
  2. A cineplex.
  3. A throwing motion where more than one ball is thrown with one hand at the same time.
  4. A grouping of program services as interleaved data packets for broadcast over a network or modulated multiplexed medium.
  5. A kind of stereoscopic mapmaking instrument.

verb

  1. To interleave several activities.
  2. To combine several signals into one.
  3. (transitive)To convert (a cinema business) into a large complex, or multiplex.
  4. To make a multiplex throw.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multi- Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.? Latin -plex Latin multiplexlbor. English multiplex Learned borrowing from Latin multiplex, from multi- + -plex.

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