multiplex

[ muhl-tuh-pleks ]

adjective

1. having many parts or aspects:

   the multiplex problem of drug abuse.

2. manifold; multiple:

   the multiplex opportunities in high technology.

3. Telecommunications. of, relating to, or using equipment permitting the simultaneous transmission of two or more signals or messages over a single channel.

verb (used with object)

1. Telecommunications.
   1. to arrange (a circuit) for use by multiplex telegraphy, allowing multiple synchronous signals to be sent and received on a single telegraph wire.
   2. to transmit (two or more signals or messages) by a multiplex system, circuit, or the like, as in telegraph and telephone communication, or television and radio broadcasting.

verb (used without object)

1. to send several messages or signals simultaneously, as in telegraph and telephone communication, or television and radio broadcasting.

noun

1. a multiplex electronics system.
2. (in map making) a stereoscopic device that makes it possible to view pairs of aerial photographs in three dimensions.
3. Also called mul·ti·plex cin·e·ma [muhl, -t, uh, -pleks , sin, -, uh, -m, uh], a group of two or more movie theaters on the same site or in the same building, especially a cluster of adjoining theaters.

multiplex

/ ˈmʌltɪˌplɛks /

noun

1. telecomm
   1. the use of a common communications channel for sending two or more messages or signals. In frequency-division multiplex the frequency band transmitted by the common channel is split into narrower bands each of which constitutes a distinct channel. In time-division multiplex different channels are established by intermittent connections to the common channel
   2. ( as modifier )

      a multiplex transmitter

2. 1. a purpose-built complex containing a number of cinemas and usually a restaurant or bar
   2. ( as modifier )

      a multiplex cinema

adjective

1. designating a method of map-making using three cameras to produce a stereoscopic effect
2. See multiple
   a less common word for multiple

verb

1. to send (messages or signals) or (of messages or signals) be sent by multiplex

Other Words From

• mul·ti·plex·er mul·ti·plex·or noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of multiplex¹

From Latin, dating back to 1550–60; multi-, -plex

Word History and Origins

Origin of multiplex¹

C16: from Latin: having many folds, from multi- + plicāre to fold

Example Sentences

It exports videos in any format, resolution, size, or bitrate, making it easy to optimize your content for playback via YouTube, social media, streaming services, BluRay, or your local multiplex.

From Popular-Science

Now, there are multiplexes across Riyadh and Jeddah packing theaters with movies like The House of Gucci.

From Time

If he ever does, it would probably still run circles around whatever else is playing at the multiplex that weekend.

From Time

If you want to see what he means, open up Instagram, head to your local multiplex, or pop by the gym.

From Vox

Part of the fun of following the Fast & Furious franchise is getting wrapped up in the meta-narrative of its existence as a franchise — its long, strange path through the multiplex, across 20 years.

From Vox

Nowadays, it looks like Anschutz is trying to get out of the multiplex business.

From The Daily Beast

Once, after the midnight premiere of a summer blockbuster, I got trapped on the top floor of a giant multiplex.

From The Daily Beast

What was the point of Outfest when you could see the next Todd Haynes movie in the multiplex?

From The Daily Beast

Twelve people died when a madman opened fire at a multiplex cinema in Colorado in 2012.

From The Daily Beast

What movie was showing when James Eagan Holmes opened fire at that multiplex in Aurora, Colo.

From The Daily Beast

Harrowed by the multiplex difficulties surrounding an intrigue, Persis was kept waiting at the door a long time in the cold.

From Project Gutenberg

Multitudinous but not multiplex, in him odd and apparently incongruous notions dwelt peaceably together.

From Project Gutenberg

In some instances both varieties (xanthoma multiplex) are seen in the same individual.

From Project Gutenberg

It has been practically demonstrated that all organic life must be at least duplex if not multiplex in its constituent elements.

From Project Gutenberg

On one point, however, my whole multiplex estate of man was unanimous: the letter being gone, there was no help but I must follow.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• different
• numerous
• various