multiplex

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adjective

mul·​ti·​plex ˈməl-tə-ˌpleks How to pronounce multiplex (audio)
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: being or relating to a system of transmitting several messages or signals simultaneously on the same circuit or channel

multiplex

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verb

multiplexed; multiplexing; multiplexes

transitive verb

: to send (messages or signals) by a multiplex system

intransitive verb

: to multiplex messages or signals
multiplexer noun
or less commonly multiplexor

multiplex

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noun

: a complex that houses several movie theaters

Examples of multiplex in a Sentence

Adjective would sometimes experience multiplex moods in the course of a single day
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Repertory cinema, once the home of the arthouse, is now in the multiplex, too. Jake Coyle, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2024 The restructuring for the UK multiplex operator follows a trio of shocks — theater shutdowns during the pandemic, entering and then exiting Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. and, more recently, the impact of the dual strikes on its supply of tentpole movies from key studio suppliers. Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 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
But the reality is that erotic films, which once flooded multiplexes in the 1990’s, became increasingly scarce in the decades that followed, especially in Hollywood. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024 Xenomorphs coming to Colorado would be bad, but this movie playing in Colorado multiplexes was even worse. Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for multiplex 

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Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Latin

First Known Use

Adjective

1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1885, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Noun

1982, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of multiplex was in 1606

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“Multiplex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multiplex. Accessed 7 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

multiplex

1 of 2 adjective
mul·​ti·​plex ˈməl-tə-ˌpleks How to pronounce multiplex (audio)
1
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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