noun

multiplex

MUHL-tee-plehks

noun

A large cinema building containing several separate screens.

"We caught the new release at the multiplex downtown."

verb

To combine several signals or data streams so they can be sent together.

"The system multiplexes dozens of channels onto a single cable."

How to Use Multiplex

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishMost commonly, a cinema with many screens; technically, to interleave multiple signals into one.

Common pairings

at the multiplex multiplex cinema

multiplexed past tense, multiplexes plural, multiplexes singular

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We caught the new release at the _____ downtown.

A learned borrowing from Latin multiplex, from "multi-" (many) plus "-plex" (fold).