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multiplex

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multi- + -plex

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multiplex (not comparable)
  1. Comprising several interleaved parts

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multiplex (plural multiplexes)
  1. A building where several activities occur in multiple units concurrently
  2. (by extension) A large cinema complex comprising of many (e.g. more than five, and often over ten) movie theatres
  3. (juggling) throwing motion where more than one ball is thrown with one hand at the same time.

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to multiplex (third-person singular simple present multiplexes, present participle multiplexing, simple past and past participle multiplexed)
  1. To interleave several activities
  2. (computing) To combine several signals into a single signal
  3. (juggling) To make a multiplex throw.

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