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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Examples of multiplex in a Sentence
Adjective
would sometimes experience multiplex moods in the course of a single day
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Jamie Lang, Variety, 15 June 2024
The outdoor retail venue has a small-town vibe with a small park in the center, a multiplex movie theater, an Erewhon, upscale restaurants and many luxury stores.
—Deborah Belgum, WWD, 13 June 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
Téa Kvetenadze, New York Daily News, 29 May 2024
Adams attributes these new lengths to a combination of digital film and the rise of the multiplex.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 17 May 2024
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Adjective
To better facilitate the unprecedented crowds, the festival has taken over large parts of the city, commandeered extra screens in the town’s multiplex and set up a 1,000m² space for MIFA’s new XR&Games Area.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 15 June 2024
The outdoor retail venue has a small-town vibe with a small park in the center, a multiplex movie theater, an Erewhon, upscale restaurants and many luxury stores.
—Deborah Belgum, WWD, 13 June 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 multiplex is tucked away in the corner of Concourse Plaza mall, in the basement below a hibachi grill buffet.
—Téa Kvetenadze, New York Daily News, 29 May 2024
Adams attributes these new lengths to a combination of digital film and the rise of the multiplex.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 17 May 2024
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“Multiplex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multiplex. Accessed 4 Jul. 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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