mul·ti·plex
ˈməl-tə-ˌpleks 
multiplexed; multiplexing; multiplexes
: to send (messages or signals) by a multiplex system
: to multiplex messages or signals
: a complex that houses several movie theaters
Examples of multiplex in a Sentence
Adjective
would sometimes experience multiplex moods in the course of a single day
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Nick Newman,
IndieWire,
1 June 2026
The multiplex genome editing capability, hundreds of simultaneous edits at 90% accuracy, is relevant to agricultural biotech, gene therapy, and conservation genetics.
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Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2026
IEEE Spectrum,
14 Jan. 2026
Perturb-seq provides genomic scale and resolution, allowing both multiplexed intervention in a genome as well as analysis of non-natural configurations for the first time.
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John Stuelpnagel,
Fortune,
13 Jan. 2020
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
2 July 2026
But Wright was relaxing in a hammock when those words came to him; Thomson, in the stiff upholstery of the multiplex, is worse off.
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Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
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Adjective
Watching their metronomic thriller does more to suggest the arrival of a hyper-sexualized answer to the Coen brothers than the progeny of William Gibson or the progenitors of multiplex psychedelia.
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Nick Newman,
IndieWire,
1 June 2026
The multiplex genome editing capability, hundreds of simultaneous edits at 90% accuracy, is relevant to agricultural biotech, gene therapy, and conservation genetics.
—
Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
The base die is a logic chip designed to multiplex the data—pack it into the limited number of wires that can fit across the millimeter-scale gap to the GPU.
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IEEE Spectrum,
14 Jan. 2026
Perturb-seq provides genomic scale and resolution, allowing both multiplexed intervention in a genome as well as analysis of non-natural configurations for the first time.
—
John Stuelpnagel,
Fortune,
13 Jan. 2020
Noun
The planned merger of Lotte Cinema and Megabox, South Korea’s second- and third-largest multiplex chains, has collapsed, ending a 14-month attempt to combine the two companies into the country’s biggest theatrical exhibitor.
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Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
2 July 2026
But Wright was relaxing in a hammock when those words came to him; Thomson, in the stiff upholstery of the multiplex, is worse off.
—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
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“Multiplex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multiplex. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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multiplex
1 of 2 adjective
mul·ti·plex
ˈməl-tə-ˌpleks
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2
: being or relating to a system of transmitting several messages simultaneously on the same circuit or channel
multiplex
2 of 2 noun
: a complex that houses several movie theaters
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