metroplexn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛtrə(ʊ)plɛks/, U.S.

/ˈmɛtrəˌplɛks/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: metro- comb. form⁴, complex n.

Etymology: < metro- comb. form⁴ + -plex (in complex n.; compare -plex suffix²).

U.S.

A large, sprawling metropolitan area, esp. one consisting of two or more cities in an area of dense population.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > city > [noun] > area composed of two or more cities

metroplex1956

strip city1968

1956 Fund for Adult Educ. Ann. Rep. 1954–5 34 (caption) Telephone operators..take calls from 80..discussion groups to the Metroplex Forum, developed..to put..groups in touch with each other and with the institutions..of the area.

1958 Continuing Liberal Educ. 32 This program..[is] known as the Metroplex Forum, ‘metroplex’ being the term used to describe the San Bernardino Valley—a metropolitan complex of burgeoning towns rapidly becoming one large city.

1962 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 27 272 The postwar years brought with them problems of a different nature..: internal migration, booming industrialism, the growth of the urban metroplex.

1969 New Scientist 7 Aug. 267/1 In parts of the US, notably in Los Angeles and in the metroplex of the eastern seaboard, the nitrogen oxides of car exhausts are activated by sunlight.

1980 Times 28 Nov. 8/2 The whole metroplex of Houston ranks as an enterprise zone, a city without planning.

1997 Chicago Tribune 9 Feb. i. 20/4 Mitchell, O'Hare and Midway provide sufficient capacity for the metroplex; a ‘fourth’ Chicago airport at Peotone is unnecessary.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metroplex
释义	metroplexn. Brit. /ˈmɛtrə(ʊ)plɛks/, U.S. /ˈmɛtrəˌplɛks/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: metro- comb. form⁴, complex n. Etymology: < metro- comb. form⁴ + -plex (in complex n.; compare -plex suffix²). U.S. A large, sprawling metropolitan area, esp. one consisting of two or more cities in an area of dense population. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > city > [noun] > area composed of two or more cities metroplex1956 strip city1968 1956 Fund for Adult Educ. Ann. Rep. 1954–5 34 (caption) Telephone operators..take calls from 80..discussion groups to the Metroplex Forum, developed..to put..groups in touch with each other and with the institutions..of the area. 1958 Continuing Liberal Educ. 32 This program..[is] known as the Metroplex Forum, ‘metroplex’ being the term used to describe the San Bernardino Valley—a metropolitan complex of burgeoning towns rapidly becoming one large city. 1962 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 27 272 The postwar years brought with them problems of a different nature..: internal migration, booming industrialism, the growth of the urban metroplex. 1969 New Scientist 7 Aug. 267/1 In parts of the US, notably in Los Angeles and in the metroplex of the eastern seaboard, the nitrogen oxides of car exhausts are activated by sunlight. 1980 Times 28 Nov. 8/2 The whole metroplex of Houston ranks as an enterprise zone, a city without planning. 1997 Chicago Tribune 9 Feb. i. 20/4 Mitchell, O'Hare and Midway provide sufficient capacity for the metroplex; a ‘fourth’ Chicago airport at Peotone is unnecessary. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1956
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