multiplex
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multiplex
- /ˈmʌl.tiˌplɛks/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ʌltiplɛks
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin multiplex, from multi- + -plex.
adjective
- 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.
noun 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 multiplexes · multiplexing · 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.
Translations
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noun large cinema complex
| Français | complexe multisalles |
|---|---|
| Italiano | multisala |
verb to combine signals
| Español | multiplexar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 멀티플렉싱하다 meoltipeulleksinghada |
| 日本語 | マルチプレキシングする maruchipurekishingu suru |
| Français | multiplexer |
| Deutsch | multiplexen |
| Ελληνικά | πολυπλέκω polypléko |
| Русский | совмеща́ть sovmeščátʹ, совмести́ть sovmestítʹ |
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