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—multiplexer, multiplexor, n./mul"teuh pleks'/, adj.1. having many parts or aspects: the multiplex problem of drug abuse.2. manifold; multiple: the multiplex opportunities in high technology.3. Telecommunications. of, pertaining to, or using equipment permitting the simultaneous transmission of two or more trains of signals or messages over a single channel.v.t.4. Telecommunications.a. to arrange (a circuit) for use by multiplex telegraphy.b. to transmit (two or more signals or messages) by a multiplex system, circuit, or the like.v.i.5. to send several messages or signals simultaneously, as by multiplex telegraphy.n.6. a multiplex electronics system.7. (in map making) a stereoscopic device that makes it possible to view pairs of aerial photographs in three dimensions.8. Also called multiplex cinema, multiplex theater. a group of two or more motion-picture theaters on the same site or in the same building, esp. a cluster of adjoining theaters.[1550-60; < L; see MULTI-, -PLEX]
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