multiplex

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?

Proto-Italic *moltos

Latin multi-

Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.?

Latin -plex

Latin multiplexlbor.

English multiplex

Learned borrowing from Latin multiplex, from multi- + -plex.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌl.tiˌplɛks/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌltiplɛks
• Hyphenation: mul‧ti‧plex

Adjective

multiplex (not comparable)

1. Comprising several interleaved parts.
2. (botany) Having petals lying in folds over each other.
3. (medicine) Having multiple members with a particular condition.
   • 2009, The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychopharmacology, page 951:

     Supporting an additive model, simplex families […] have less impairment than multiplex families (those with two or more individuals affected) in language processing.

Noun

multiplex (plural multiplexes)

1. A building or a place where several activities occur in multiple units concurrently or at different times.
2. A cineplex.
3. (juggling) A throwing motion where more than one ball is thrown with one hand at the same time.
4. (television) A grouping of program services as interleaved data packets for broadcast over a network or modulated multiplexed medium.
5. A kind of stereoscopic mapmaking instrument.

Translations

large cinema complex

• Bulgarian: мултиплекс m (multipleks)
• Czech: multikino (cs) n
• French: complexe multisalles
• Italian: multisala (it) f
• Polish: multipleks m, multikino n

Verb

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 one.
3. (transitive) To convert (a cinema business) into a large complex, or multiplex.
4. (juggling) To make a multiplex throw.

Derived terms

• arthrogryposis multiplex congenita
• demultiplex
• mononeuritis multiplex
• multiplexability
• multiplexable
• multiplexation
• multiplexer
• multiplexity
• multiplexor
• nonmultiplex
• remultiplex

Related terms

• complex
• duplex
• hexaplex
• monoplex
• octuplex
• pentaplex
• plex
• quadruplex
• simplex
• triplex
• uniplex

Translations

to combine signals

• Bulgarian: комбинирам (bg) (kombiniram)
• Finnish: multipleksata, kanavoida (fi)
• French: multiplexer (fr)
• German: multiplexen
• Greek: πολυπλέκω (polypléko)
• Japanese: マルチプレキシングする (maruchipurekishingu suru)
• Korean: 멀티플렉싱하다 (meoltipeulleksinghada)
• Polish: przesyłać tym samym torem impf, przesłać tym samym torem pf
• Russian: совмеща́ть (ru) impf (sovmeščátʹ), совмести́ть (ru) pf (sovmestítʹ)
• Spanish: multiplexar (es)

Further reading

• “multiplex”, in Merriam-Webster Online, Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1996–present.
• “multiplex, adj. & n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “multiplex, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “multiplex”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin multiplex, after triplex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʏl.tiˌplɛks/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: mul‧ti‧plex

Noun

multiplex n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. plywood consisting of more than three veneers

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?

Proto-Italic *moltos

Latin multi-

Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.?

Latin -plex

Latin multiplex

From multi- + -plex.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmʊɫ.tɪ.pɫɛks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmul.ti.pleks]

Adjective

multiplex (genitive multiplicis, adverb multipliciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. having many folds
2. manifold, numerous
3. complex
4. (mathematics) multiple
   • Isidore of Seville, Etymologies 3.6.5:

     Multiplex numerus est, qui habet in se minorem numerum bis, aut ter, aut quater, aut multipliciter

     A multiple number has a smaller number within itself twice, or thrice, or four times, or many times.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	multiplex			multiplicēs	multiplicia
genitive	multiplicis			multiplicium
dative	multiplicī			multiplicibus
accusative	multiplicem	multiplex		multiplicīs multiplicēs	multiplicia
ablative	multiplicī multiplice			multiplicibus
vocative	multiplex			multiplicēs	multiplicia

Derived terms

• multiplicitās
• permultiplex

Descendants

• Catalan: múltiplex
• French: multiplex
• Galician: multíplice, múltiplex
• Italian: multiplex
• Portuguese: multíplex
• Spanish: multíplice
• → Dutch: multiplex
• → English: multiplex (learned)

References

• “multiplex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “multiplex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “multiplex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French multiplex.

Adjective

multiplex m or n (feminine singular multiplexă, masculine plural multiplecși, feminine/neuter plural multiplexe)

1. multiplex

Declension

Declension of multiplex

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	multiplex		multiplexă	multiplecși	multiplexe
	definite	multiplexul		multiplexa	multiplecșii	multiplexele
genitive- dative	indefinite	multiplex		multiplexe	multiplecși	multiplexe
	definite	multiplexului		multiplexei	multiplecșilor	multiplexelor