Definition of MULTIPLEX

multiplex

Meanings

Plural: multiplexes

Noun

  • communicates two or more signals over a common channel
  • a movie theater than has several different auditoriums in the same building
  • A building or a place where several activities occur in multiple units concurrently or different times.
  • A cineplex.
  • A throwing motion where more than one ball is thrown with one hand at the same time.
  • A grouping of program services as interleaved data packets for broadcast over a network or modulated multiplexed medium.
  • A kind of stereoscopic mapmaking instrument.

Adjective Satellite

  • many and varied; having many features or forms
    • "the multiplex opportunities in high technology"
  • having many parts or aspects
    • "the multiplex problem of drug abuse"

Adj

  • Comprising several interleaved parts.
  • Having petals lying in folds over each other.
  • Having multiple members with a particular condition.

Verb

  • To interleave several activities.
  • To combine several signals into one.
  • To convert (a cinema business) into a large complex, or multiplex.
  • To make a multiplex throw.

Origin / Etymology

From multi- + -plex or multi- + complex.

Synonyms

manifold

Scrabble Score: 20

multiplex is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
multiplex is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
multiplex is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 25

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