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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Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
As required by a 2023 state law, multiplex housing would be permitted in some areas that currently allow only single-family homes.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 18 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
Chris Stanton, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024
The festival’s own Lightbox multiplex, by contrast, has dedicated stage doors, typically used to whisk away A-list stars during the fest.
—Adam Benzine, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Adjective
The movie Scott Derrickson directed this unexpectedly moving horror-procedural, which is rooted in fact while updating the story for the multiplex crowd.
—Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
As required by a 2023 state law, multiplex housing would be permitted in some areas that currently allow only single-family homes.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 18 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
The pop album that has thus far defined your summer has reached an arguably uncool level of cultural dominance, the Olympics are winding down, and your nearest multiplex is showing Deadpool & Wolverine 14 times a day until the end of time.
—Chris Stanton, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024
The festival’s own Lightbox multiplex, by contrast, has dedicated stage doors, typically used to whisk away A-list stars during the fest.
—Adam Benzine, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Multiplex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multiplex. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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multiplex
1 of 2 adjective
mul·ti·plex
ˈməl-tə-ˌpleks
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2
: 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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