multiplex
adjective
[ ˈmʌltɪplɛks ]
• involving or consisting of many elements in a complex relationship.
• "multiplex ties of work and friendship"
• (of a cinema) having several separate screens within one building.
multiplex
noun
• a system or signal involving simultaneous transmission of several messages along a single channel of communication.
• a cinema with several separate screens.
multiplex
verb
• incorporate into a multiplex signal or system.
• "thirty-two of these signals can be multiplexed together to form a 2Mb data stream"
Origin:
late Middle English in the mathematical sense ‘multiple’: from Latin.
