MULTIPLEX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does multiplex mean? 

• MULTIPLEX (noun)
  The noun MULTIPLEX has 2 senses:

1. communicates two or more signals over a common channel

2. a movie theater than has several different auditoriums in the same building

  Familiarity information: MULTIPLEX used as a noun is rare.

• MULTIPLEX (adjective)
  The adjective MULTIPLEX has 2 senses:

1. many and varied; having many features or forms

2. having many parts or aspects

  Familiarity information: MULTIPLEX used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MULTIPLEX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Communicates two or more signals over a common channel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("multiplex" is a kind of...):

telecom; telecommunication ((often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A movie theater than has several different auditoriums in the same building

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("multiplex" is a kind of...):

cinema; movie house; movie theater; movie theatre; picture palace (a theater where films are shown)

• MULTIPLEX (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Many and varied; having many features or forms

Synonyms:

manifold; multiplex

Context example:

the multiplex opportunities in high technology

Similar:

multiple (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having many parts or aspects

Context example:

the multiplex problem of drug abuse

Similar:

complex (complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts)

 Context examples 

Mutations in this gene are associated with Jackson-Lawler type pachyonychia congenita and steatocystoma multiplex.

(KRT17 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

When you catch this fellow, you will find that he has one of these multiplex knives in his possession.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Signs and symptoms include psychomotor retardation, dysostosis multiplex, and neural disturbances.

(Fucosidosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Relatively common conditions which may be associated with diabetic neuropathy include third nerve palsy (see OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES); MONONEUROPATHY; mononeuropathy multiplex; diabetic amyotrophy; a painful POLYNEUROPATHY; autonomic neuropathy; and thoracoabdominal neuropathy.

(Diabetic Neuropathy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)