mul·ti·plex
ˈməl-tə-ˌpleks 
multiplexed; multiplexing; multiplexes
: to send (messages or signals) by a multiplex system
: to multiplex messages or signals
: a complex that houses several movie theaters
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Adjective
would sometimes experience multiplex moods in the course of a single day
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Kathy A. McDonald, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
The new Palms Casino venue for the 2024 edition offers exhibitor office space, a 14 screen multiplex and a 170,000 square foot conference, meeting and event space.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
John Stuelpnagel, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2020
Why not cut out distributors completely by going straight to multiplex operators?
—Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 31 July 2017
Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
On Christmas Eve in New York City 13 years ago, the director and his wife, actor Ilse Salas, visited a Times Square multiplex.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
The Brenden Theatres Las Vegas 14, complete with IMAX, is within the Palms; along with hotel rooms, the multiplex was an element of the resort’s 2022 $600 million renovation.
—Kathy A. McDonald, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
The new Palms Casino venue for the 2024 edition offers exhibitor office space, a 14 screen multiplex and a 170,000 square foot conference, meeting and event space.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
Verb
Perturb-seq provides genomic scale and resolution, allowing both multiplexed intervention in a genome as well as analysis of non-natural configurations for the first time.
—John Stuelpnagel, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2020
Why not cut out distributors completely by going straight to multiplex operators?
—Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 31 July 2017
Noun
There’s the Brendan Theaters with a 14-screen multiplex.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
On Christmas Eve in New York City 13 years ago, the director and his wife, actor Ilse Salas, visited a Times Square multiplex.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Multiplex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multiplex. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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multiplex
1 of 2 adjective
mul·ti·plex
ˈməl-tə-ˌpleks
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: being or relating to a system of transmitting several messages simultaneously on the same circuit or channel
multiplex
2 of 2 noun
: a complex that houses several movie theaters
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