multiplex
Syllables: mul·ti·plexUK/ˈmʌl.tiˌplɛks/
multiplex adjective: comprising several interleaved parts.
Adjective
multiplex (not comparable)
- Comprising several interleaved parts.
- Having petals lying in folds over each other.
- 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
Noun
multiplex (plural multiplexes)
- A building or a place where several activities occur in multiple units concurrently or at 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.
Verb
multiplex (third-person singular simple present multiplexes, present participle multiplexing, simple past and past participle multiplexed)
- 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.
multiplex meaning in Tamil and Bengali
multiplex in Tamil
- பல் கூட்டு செலுத்துகை, பல்படி
multiplex in Bengali
- অনেক অংশবিশিষ্ট, জটিল
Forms of multiplex
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | multiplexes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | multiplexes |
| present participle | multiplexing |
| past participle | multiplexed |
| past | multiplexed |
Origin of multiplex
Learned borrowing from Latin multiplex, from multi- + -plex.
Words formed from multiplex
Questions about multiplex
- What does multiplex mean?
- Multiplex means comprising several interleaved parts.
- What is multiplex in Tamil?
- Multiplex in Tamil is பல் கூட்டு செலுத்துகை, பல்படி. See Multiplex meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is multiplex?
- Multiplex can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce multiplex?
- Multiplex is pronounced /ˈmʌl.tiˌplɛks/ (UK).
Words near multiplex in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: multiplex (page history and authors); multiplex (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); multiplex (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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