multiplex — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Comprising several interleaved parts.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

2. Having petals lying in folds over each other.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

3. Having multiple members with a particular condition.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   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 at 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. To convert (a cinema business) into a large complex, or multiplex.

   Usage

   • Transitive

4. To make a multiplex throw.

Adjective

1. many and varied; having many features or forms

   Synonyms

   manifold

   Examples

   manifold reasons

   our manifold failings

   More examples (2)

   manifold intelligence

   the multiplex opportunities in high technology

2. having many parts or aspects

   Examples

   the multiplex problem of drug abuse

Noun

1. communicates two or more signals over a common channel

   Broader terms

   telecommunicationtelecom

2. a movie theater that has several different auditoriums in the same building

   Broader terms

   cinemamovie theatermovie theatremovie housepicture palace