[muhl-tuh-pleks] 
| 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. |
| 4. | Telecommunications.
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| 5. | to send several messages or signals simultaneously, as by multiplex telegraphy. |
| 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. |
təˌplɛks