mul·ti·plex
ˈməl-tə-ˌpleks 
multiplexed; multiplexing; multiplexes
: to send (messages or signals) by a multiplex system
: to multiplex messages or signals
: a complex that houses several movie theaters
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Examples of multiplex in a Sentence
Adjective
would sometimes experience multiplex moods in the course of a single day
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Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
Popular on Variety Sim has been with CJ Group for nearly two decades, with his first major executive role being CFO for the Vietnam branch of CJ CGV, the entertainment and tech corporation’s multiplex chain.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 21 May 2024
John Stuelpnagel, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2020
Why not cut out distributors completely by going straight to multiplex operators?
—Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 31 July 2017
Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
Here lies Bermuda Storm, a giant 300-seat simulator platform designed to mimic a large seafaring vessel and sit in a sort of all-encompassing multiplex.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
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Adjective
The company adjusted its screens and sound systems to fit in commercial multiplex theaters, allowing its business to grow rapidly while limiting costs (Imax does not own theaters itself, but instead supplies its screening technology to cinema chains).
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
Popular on Variety Sim has been with CJ Group for nearly two decades, with his first major executive role being CFO for the Vietnam branch of CJ CGV, the entertainment and tech corporation’s multiplex chain.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 21 May 2024
Verb
Perturb-seq provides genomic scale and resolution, allowing both multiplexed intervention in a genome as well as analysis of non-natural configurations for the first time.
—John Stuelpnagel, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2020
Why not cut out distributors completely by going straight to multiplex operators?
—Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 31 July 2017
Noun
Wildly different yet sharing a common spirit of innovation, these films blurred the lines between the mainstream multiplex and the arthouse in ways previously unseen, influencing a new generation of filmmakers and audiences alike.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
Here lies Bermuda Storm, a giant 300-seat simulator platform designed to mimic a large seafaring vessel and sit in a sort of all-encompassing multiplex.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
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“Multiplex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multiplex. Accessed 7 Jun. 2024.
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multiplex
1 of 2 adjective
mul·ti·plex
ˈməl-tə-ˌpleks
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2
: being or relating to a system of transmitting several messages simultaneously on the same circuit or channel
multiplex
2 of 2 noun
: a complex that houses several movie theaters
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