Communicates two or more signals over a common channel.
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A movie theater than has several different auditoriums in the same building.
adjective
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Many and varied; having many features or forms. Synonym:manifold."Our manifold failings" , "Manifold intelligence" , "The multiplex opportunities in high technology"
... moment ago why this system is called a "carrier-current" system; it is because "the high-frequency currents carry in their modulations the speech significance." Sometimes it is called a system of "multiplex" telephony because it permits more than one message at ... — Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son • John Mills