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MULTIPLEX
multiplex
(adjective) having many parts or aspects; “the multiplex problem of drug abuse”
manifold, multiplex
(adjective) many and varied; having many features or forms; “manifold reasons”; “our manifold failings”; “manifold intelligence”; “the multiplex opportunities in high technology”
multiplex
(noun) a movie theater than has several different auditoriums in the same building
multiplex
(noun) communicates two or more signals over a common channel
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
multiplex (not comparable)
Comprising several interleaved parts.
(botany) Having petals lying in folds over each other.
(medicine) Having multiple members with a particular condition.
Noun
multiplex (plural multiplexes)
A building or a place where several activities occur in multiple units concurrently or different times.
(by extension) A large cinema complex comprising many (typically more than five, and often over ten) movie theatres or houses.
(juggling) throwing motion where more than one ball is thrown with one hand at the same time.
Verb
multiplex (third-person singular simple present multiplexes, present participle multiplexing, simple past and past participle multiplexed)
To interleave several activities.
(computing) To combine several signals into one.
(transitive) To convert (a cinema business) into a large complex, or multiplex.
(juggling) To make a multiplex throw.
Source: Wiktionary
Mul"ti*plex, a. Etym: [L. multiplex, -plicis. See Multiply.]
Definition: Manifold; multiple.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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