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multiplex en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈmʌl.tiˌplɛks/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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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.

Meanings

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. 2009, The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychopharmacology, page 951:

multiplex en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmʌl.tiˌplɛks/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

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.

Meanings

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.

Forms

Translations (6)

fr complexe multisalles (large cinema complex) · it multisala (large cinema complex) · pl multipleks (large cinema complex) · cs multikino (large cinema complex) · bg мултиплекс (large cinema complex) · pl multikino (large cinema complex)

multiplex en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈmʌl.tiˌplɛks/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

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.

Meanings

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.

Forms

Deriveds

demultiplex · multiplexable · multiplexer · arthrogryposis multiplex congenita · mononeuritis multiplex · multiplexor · remultiplex · multiplexability · nonmultiplex · multiplexity · multiplexation

Relateds

uniplex · monoplex · quadruplex · complex · triplex · pentaplex · simplex · hexaplex · octuplex · plex · duplex

Translations (13)

ru совмести́ть (to combine signals) · fi kanavoida (to combine signals) · el πολυπλέκω (to combine signals) · fr multiplexer (to combine signals) · ru совмеща́ть (to combine signals) · de multiplexen (to combine signals) · ko 멀티플렉싱하다 (to combine signals) · es multiplexar (to combine signals) · bg комбинирам (to combine signals) · ja マルチプレキシングする (to combine signals) · pl przesyłać tym samym torem (to combine signals) · pl przesłać tym samym torem (to combine signals) · fi multipleksata (to combine signals)