multiplex
multiplex Lexical Profile
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• noun
A movie theater complex housing several separate auditoriums and screens within a single building.
"The new downtown multiplex features twelve screens and a spacious lobby."
North American A residential building divided into multiple separate housing units or apartments.
"The developer purchased the corner lot with plans to construct a four-unit residential multiplex."
A telecommunications system or signal involving the simultaneous transmission of multiple messages along a single channel.
"Digital radio stations are broadcast together in groups on a single frequency block known as a multiplex."
• adjective
Consisting of many elements in a complex relationship; manifold or multiple.
"Urban planners must navigate the multiplex challenges of housing, transit, and environmental sustainability."
Involving the simultaneous transmission of several messages or signals along a single channel of communication.
"Early telegraph engineers developed a multiplex system to send several messages over a single wire."
• verb
To combine and transmit multiple signals or streams of information simultaneously over a single communication channel or medium.
"Fiber-optic networks can multiplex thousands of data streams onto a single strand of glass."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 16th century from Latin multiplex ('having many folds, manifold'), formed from multus ('much, many') and -plex ('fold', related to plicare, 'to fold').