multiplex: Meaning and Definition of

mul•ti•plex

1. having many parts or aspects: the multiplex problem of drug abuse.
2. manifold; multiple: the multiplex opportunities in high technology.
3. of, pertaining to, or using equipment permitting the simultaneous transmission of two or more trains of signals or messages over a single channel.

1. to arrange (a circuit) for use by multiplex telegraphy.
2. to transmit (two or more signals or messages) by a multiplex system, circuit, or the like.

1. to send several messages or signals simultaneously, as by multiplex telegraphy.

1. a multiplex electronics system.
2. (in map making) a stereoscopic device that makes it possible to view pairs of aerial photographs in three dimensions.
3. Also calleda group of two or more motion-picture theaters on the same site or in the same building, esp. a cluster of adjoining theaters.