multiplex

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin multiplex, from multi- + -plex. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈmʌl.tiˌplɛks/ Rhymes: -ʌltiplɛks Hyphenation: mul‧ti‧plex === 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. A cineplex. (juggling) A throwing motion where more than one ball is thrown with one hand at the same time. (television) A grouping of program services as interleaved data packets for broadcast over a network or modulated multiplexed medium. A kind of stereoscopic mapmaking instrument. ==== Translations ==== === 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “multiplex”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “multiplex, adj. & n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “multiplex, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “multiplex”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin multiplex, after triplex. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmʏl.tiˌplɛks/ Hyphenation: mul‧ti‧plex === Noun === multiplex n (uncountable, no diminutive) plywood consisting of more than three veneers == Latin == === Etymology === From multi- + -plex. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmʊɫ.tɪ.pɫɛks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmul.ti.pleks] === Adjective === multiplex (genitive multiplicis, adverb multipliciter); third-declension one-termination adjective having many folds manifold, numerous complex (mathematics) multiple ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== multiplicitās permultiplex ==== Descendants ==== === References === “multiplex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “multiplex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “multiplex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French multiplex. === Adjective === multiplex m or n (feminine singular multiplexă, masculine plural multiplecși, feminine/neuter plural multiplexe) multiplex ==== Declension ====