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Multiplex

adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Comprising several interleaved parts. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Having petals lying in folds over each other. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Having multiple members with a particular condition. not-comparable

    "Supporting an additive model, simplex families […] have less impairment than multiplex families (those with two or more individuals affected) in language processing."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having many parts or aspects wordnet
  2. 2
    many and varied; having many features or forms wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A building or a place where several activities occur in multiple units concurrently or different times.
  2. 2
    a movie theater that has several different auditoriums in the same building wordnet
  3. 3
    A cineplex.
  4. 4
    communicates two or more signals over a common channel wordnet
  5. 5
    A throwing motion where more than one ball is thrown with one hand at the same time.
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  1. 6
    A grouping of program services as interleaved data packets for broadcast over a network or modulated multiplexed medium.
  2. 7
    A kind of stereoscopic mapmaking instrument.
Verb
  1. 1
    To interleave several activities.
  2. 2
    To combine several signals into one.
  3. 3
    To convert (a cinema business) into a large complex, or multiplex. transitive
  4. 4
    To make a multiplex throw.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From multi- + -plex or multi- + complex.

Etymology 2

From multi- + -plex or multi- + complex.

Etymology 3

From multi- + -plex or multi- + complex.

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