"multiplex" meaning in English

See multiplex in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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Etymology: From multi- + -plex or multi- + complex. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|multi|plex}} multi- + -plex, {{prefix|en|multi|complex}} multi- + complex Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} multiplex (not comparable)
  1. Comprising several interleaved parts. Tags: not-comparable
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  2. (botany) Having petals lying in folds over each other. Tags: not-comparable
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  3. (medicine) Having multiple members with a particular condition. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-multiplex-en-adj-h0r8iPKH Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences

Noun

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Etymology: From multi- + -plex or multi- + complex. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|multi|plex}} multi- + -plex, {{prefix|en|multi|complex}} multi- + complex Head templates: {{en-noun}} multiplex (plural multiplexes)
  1. A building or a place where several activities occur in multiple units concurrently or different times.
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  2. A cineplex. Translations (large cinema complex): мултиплекс (multipleks) [masculine] (Bulgarian), multikino [neuter] (Czech), complexe multisalles (French), multisala [feminine] (Italian)
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  3. (juggling) A throwing motion where more than one ball is thrown with one hand at the same time.
    Sense id: en-multiplex-en-noun-azlR0epz Categories (other): Juggling, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 14 6 11 8 14 5 5 8 5 3 12 Topics: arts, hobbies, juggling, lifestyle, performing-arts, sports
  4. (television) A grouping of program services as interleaved data packets for broadcast over a network or modulated multiplexed medium.
    Sense id: en-multiplex-en-noun-4tPmOHhn Categories (other): Television Topics: broadcasting, media, television
  5. A kind of stereoscopic mapmaking instrument.
    Sense id: en-multiplex-en-noun-r4Guc0pF

Verb

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Etymology: From multi- + -plex or multi- + complex. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|multi|plex}} multi- + -plex, {{prefix|en|multi|complex}} multi- + complex Head templates: {{en-verb}} multiplex (third-person singular simple present multiplexes, present participle multiplexing, simple past and past participle multiplexed)
  1. To interleave several activities.
    Sense id: en-multiplex-en-verb-RVLBA71h Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -plex, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -plex: 7 15 8 9 11 5 5 4 12 14 3 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 6 16 6 9 12 6 5 3 12 17 3 6
  2. (computing) To combine several signals into one. Translations (to combine signals): комбинирам (kombiniram) (Bulgarian), multipleksata (Finnish), kanavoida (Finnish), multiplexer (French), multiplexen (German), πολυπλέκω (polypléko) (Greek), 멀티플렉싱하다 (meoltipeulleksinghada) (Korean), совмеща́ть (sovmeščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), совмести́ть (sovmestítʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-multiplex-en-verb-~gLFIsA8 Categories (other): Computing, English terms suffixed with -plex, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -plex: 7 15 8 9 11 5 5 4 12 14 3 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 6 16 6 9 12 6 5 3 12 17 3 6 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'to combine signals': 8 86 1 5
  3. (transitive) To convert (a cinema business) into a large complex, or multiplex. Tags: transitive
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  4. (juggling) To make a multiplex throw.
    Sense id: en-multiplex-en-verb-hDo51qNT Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 15 6 14 8 10 5 4 10 6 3 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 14 6 11 8 14 5 5 8 5 3 12 Topics: arts, hobbies, juggling, lifestyle, performing-arts, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, demultiplex, mononeuritis multiplex, multiplexer, multiplexor, remultiplex

Inflected forms

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