adj
Meaning 1
Comprising several interleaved parts.
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Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Comprising several interleaved parts.
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Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Having petals lying in folds over each other.
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Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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adj
Having multiple members with a particular condition.
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Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
A building or a place where several activities occur in multiple units concurrently or different times.
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noun
A cineplex.
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noun
A throwing motion where more than one ball is thrown with one hand at the same time.
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Topics: arts, hobbies, juggling, lifestyle, performing-arts, sports
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noun
A grouping of program services as interleaved data packets for broadcast over a network or modulated multiplexed medium.
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Topics: broadcasting, media, television
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noun
A kind of stereoscopic mapmaking instrument.
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verb
To interleave several activities.
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verb
To combine several signals into one.
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Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
To convert (a cinema business) into a large complex, or multiplex.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To make a multiplex throw.
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adjective satellite
having many parts or aspects
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adjective satellite
many and varied; having many features or forms
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Synonyms: manifold
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noun
a movie theater than has several different auditoriums in the same building
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Broader terms: cinema, movie theater, movie theatre, movie house, picture palace
noun
communicates two or more signals over a common channel
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Broader terms: telecommunication, telecom
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multi- Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.? Latin -plex Latin multiplexlbor. English multiplex Learned borrowing from Latin multiplex, from multi- + -plex.
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.