multiplex Definition

multiplex
noun multiplexes

1a. A large cinema building divided into several smaller cinemas;


Example: multiplex cinema
2a. telecomm.
A system in which two or more signals may be sent simultaneously on one communications channel;


Example: multiplex transmission

verb

multiplexes, multiplexed, multiplexing
1. telecomm.
To incorporate or transmit (two or more signals) in a multiplex.

adj

1. formal
Having very many parts; manifold; complex.

Derivative: multiplexer
noun

Etymology: 16c in obsolete mathematical sense, meaning multiple: Latin, meaning ‘of many kinds', from -plex -fold, from plicare to fold.