单词 | multiplex |
释义 | multiplexadj.n. A. adj. a. = multiple adj. 2a. multiplex to (also of): that is a multiple of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [adjective] > multiple manifoldc1175 multiplex to (also of)a1398 multiplexa1450 multiple1704 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 327v An nombre þat hatte multiplex conteyneþ þe lasse nombre twies or þries or foure siþes, as tweyne conteyneþ twies oon. 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. v. f. 126v Multiplex is a greater magnitude in respect of the lesse, when the lesse measureth the greater. As the line CD..is multiplex to the lyne AB. 1651 T. Rudd Euclides Elem. Geom. 185 How multiplex one magnitude is to one, so multiplex are all the magnitudes, to all. 1660 tr. I. Barrow Euclide's Elements vi. 115 The triangle ACH is as multiplex of the triangle ACB, as the base HC is of the base BC. 1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus 211 Where AB 3 measureth CD 9, and therefore 9 is Multiplex to 3. b. Of proportion: multiple. Cf. multiple proportion n. at multiple adj. 2a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [adjective] > multiple manifoldc1175 multiplex to (also of)a1398 multiplexa1450 multiple1704 a1450 Musical Treat. in Speculum (1935) 10 265 (MED) Þis proporcion of jnequalite haþe 5 spicis..whois namys be these in general: 1. multiplex, [etc.]..multiplex, þat is to sey, manifolde, & þat is whan þe more numbir conteynyþe le lasse manyfolde, as twies 1, & þat is callid in special dupla. 1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Bivv There is one kinde of proportion, that is named multiplex, or manyfolde. 1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 62 The Proportions, which make Musicall Consonances, are sixe..three in the Multiplex Kind,..3 in the super particular. 1702 V. Mandey tr. J. J. Hainlin Synopsis Mathematica: Theoret. Arithm. iii. 35 Proportion Multiplex, is the Habitude of a greater Number to a lesser, when the greater Number contains the lesser some times exactly. 1788 T. Taylor tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. I. 49 All the multiplex and super-particular proportions which they [sc. numbers] contain. 2. gen. Having many aspects, elements, characteristics, parts, or (esp. interrelated) features. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] sunderlyeOE manifoldeOE selcoutha1000 felefoldc1000 mislichOE alkinOE manykinOE fele-kync1175 serekina1300 sundera1325 sundrya1325 serea1340 divers1340 varyingc1340 variantc1380 muchfoldc1384 serelepesa1400 serelepya1400 multifaryc1460 sundryfoldc1460 multiplicate?a1475 variable?a1475 sundrilyc1480 diversea1542 particoloured1591 multifarious1593 Protean1594 daedal1596 choiceful1605 Daedalian1605 multiplex1606 variated1608 diversified1611 multiplicious1617 variousa1634 multivarious1636 mosaic1644 multiple1647 omnigenous1650 chequered1656 plurifarious1656 ununiform1660 variate1677 disuniform1687 Proteusian1689 unsteady1690 unequable1693 inequable1721 variegating1727 varied1733 multitudinous1744 multifold1806 polygeneous1818 unequalized1822 ruleless1836 varicoloured185. non-uniform1856 omnigener1857 polytypic1858 multiferous1860 variatious1871 variegated1872 polytypical1890 the world > relative properties > number > plurality > [adjective] > multiple hydra-headed1589 multiplex1606 multiplicious1617 myriad1817 1606 T. Palmer Ess. Meanes to make Trauailes more Profitable ii. 44 The multiplex and different gouernments, and sundrie policies there found; namely, of Rome, of Venice, of Naples [etc.]. 1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants iv. ii. ii. 167 The reason why the Figure of the Flower is more multiplex, than that of the Leaf. 1822 T. L. Peacock Maid Marian i. 15 The whole complex and multiplex detail of the noble science of dinner. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. x. 101/1 Their raiment..is fastened together by a multiplex combination of buttons, thrums, and skewers. 1886 W. Pater Ess. from Guardian (1896) 25 So multiplex is the result that minds of quite opposite type might well discover in these pages their own special thought or humour. 1938 Psychiatry 1 125/2 A parataxic situation, a much more complicated entity in that two of the four or more persons now concerned, while illusory, are real antagonists to any collaboration of A and Mrs. A. Our Mr. A has become multiplex. 1992 Lit. & Ling. Computing 7 136/2 Language is multiplex and cannot be cast into ready-made patterns. 3. Botany and Zoology. = multiple adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having petals > of corolla rotated1727 personated1731 multiplicate1760 personate1760 ringent1760 rotate1760 corollaceous1775 wheel-shaped1775 multiplied1777 masked1785 multiplex1813 corolline1830 caryophyllaceous1835 1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Multiplex Corol, many-fold, or having petals lying over each other in two or more folds or rows. 1856 J. S. Henslow Dict. Bot. Terms 111 Multiplex, where many of the same parts or organs occur together. 1921 Jrnl. Exper. Zool. 32 110 Duplex and multiplex limbs arise frequently from the transplanted buds. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > idealism > [adjective] > of or relating to Kantianism and its adherents dialectical1788 Kantian1796 synthetical1796 synthetic1819 multiplex1838 multiple1839 tri-logicala1856 pre-Kantian1866 dialectic1872 subreptive1877 criticist1878 category1901 1838 F. Haywood tr. I. Kant Critick Pure Reason Explan. Terms 648 Diverse, Multifarious, Multiplex, Various, (Mannichfaltig). 5. Telecommunications. Designating or relating to a process or apparatus for simultaneously transmitting two or more signals or programmes (to be later separated and recovered) over a single wire or channel; designating a composite signal so formed. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > [adjective] > types of system multiplex1873 quadruplex1874 diplex1878 sextuplex1879 simplex1884 diode1886 hexode1886 tetrode1886 triode1886 octuplex1893 selective1906 quadded1914 multiplexed1964 muxed1991 1873 R. Coddington Brit. Patent 1,395 13 My Invention has particular reference to ‘multiplex telegraphy’, or the employment of a number of operators sending without conflict a number of different messages upon a single wire. 1894 W. H. Preece in Times 27 Jan. 4/3 The multiplex system of working of Mr. Delany, by which..six messages could be transmitted simultaneously. 1934 Electr. Communication 13 ii. 159 Frequency bands of the order of 1,000 kc. or more may be transmitted for long distances over coaxial lines and utilised for purposes of multiplex telephony or television. 1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio 261 Multiplex radio transmissions and the single groove of a stereo disc each contain more than one channel. 1973 Mod. Railways Jan. 12/2 Interlockings within three or four miles of Bristol are operated by individual circuits... Beyond this distance electronic time division multiplex equipment is used. 1991 Intermedia Mar. 13/1 The introduction of long distance multiplex transmission systems using coaxial cables and microwave equipment..led to a remarkable expansion of Japan's telephone network. 6. Pathology. = multiple n. 4. Chiefly in the scientific Latin names of diseases and syndromes. ΚΠ 1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II. 183/2 Myoclonia congenita, paramyoclonus multiplex. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 895 Eyelid xanthoma differs essentially in structure from the multiplex variety. 1967 Jrnl. Pediatrics 70 505 (heading) Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia (dysplasia epiphysalis multiplex). 1990 Ann. Otol., Rhinol. & Laryngol. 99 94 Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) is a rare congenital disorder characterized by multiple fixed-joint deformities of the upper and lower extremities. 7. Of a cinema complex: incorporating a number of auditoria on the same site. ΚΠ 1971 Manhattan Mercury 23 Apr. 5/1 Announced the opening of 17 multiplex theaters..this year, an addition of more than 20,000 seats. 1982 N.Y. Times 30 May iii. 17/1 The Sunrise..[and] Mr. Redstone's..Drive-In, have been replaced by two ‘multiplex’ cinema complexes—large indoor movie houses with as many as 12 screens. 1990 Sun (Baltimore) 7 Mar. c1/2 A joint U.S.-Soviet venture..will build multiplex theaters in Leningrad and Moscow. 2000 Northern Echo (Electronic ed.) 6 Apr. A £5m multiplex theatre in the North-East will be one of the first UGC-branded cinemas to open in the UK. B. n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > division > divisor or dividend > without remainder partc1300 quotea1464 divisor1557 aliquot part1570 greatest common measure1570 measure1570 multiplex1570 aliquot1610 multiple1685 submultiple1702 least common multiple1714 bipartient1819 least squares1847 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. v. f. 132 For the multiplex of 3..ye shall haue 18. 1651 T. Rudd Euclides Elem. Geom. 183 When equimultiplices being taken, the multiplex of the first exceedeth the multiplex of the second..then [etc.]. 1651 T. Rudd Euclides Elem. Geom. 195 Like parts of multiplices..have one and the same proportion. 1695 W. Alingham Geom. Epitomiz'd 61 The double, treble, (or any other Multiplex..) of two quantities are in the same reason as the Quantities themselves. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > idealism > [noun] > Kantianism > elements of conception1701 schematism1794 categorical imperative1796 intuition1796 matter1796 receptivity1796 schema1796 dialectic1797 multifarious1798 reciprocity1799 form1803 synthesis1817 Anschauung1820 manifold?1822 category1829 modality1836 multiplex1836 predicable1838 multiple1839 multiplicity1839 presentmenta1842 elanguescence1855 1836 J. W. Semple Kant's Metaphysic of Ethic Introd. p. li Even Space and Time, though singulars a priori, do, so far forth as they consist of partes extra partes, exhibit a multiplex. 3. Telecommunications. A multiplex system or signal. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > [noun] > type of system multiplex1959 1959 J. W. Freebody Telegr. ii. 50/2 This printer was used in connexion with the Murray multiplex. 1970 Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 26/1 (advt.) It..tapes for multiplex and even makes ‘sound with sound’ recordings. 1993 Multichannel News 4 Jan. 18/3 Graff PPV and TVN Entertainment are currently offering an eight channel multiplex via satellite. 4. gen. An object, system, phenomenon, etc., comprising many aspects, elements, characteristics, parts, or (esp. interrelated) features. ΚΠ 1969 Jrnl. Inst. Navigation 22 472 It is practicable to consider a multiplex of paths from a given installation. 1981 NatWest Mag. Mar. 10/1 Every day sees the archives of the future in the making. The dispassionate selection of these from the multiplex of records produced by any large business organisation today is no easy task. 1994 New Scientist 13 Aug. 36/3 Cytowic is among a growing number of neurologists who see the brain as a multiplex. 5. A cinema complex incorporating a number of auditoria on the same site. ΚΠ 1969 N.Y. Times 20 July f15/2 Mr. Durwood said the multi-theater complex was catching on.] 1972 Washington Post 21 June b6/3 Shopping centers and multiplexes are at the crest of the wave of the future. 1982 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 25 May 19 Multiplexes will be gone in 10 years. With the increasing accessibility of movies on video, there will be no need for them. 1986 Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 10/6 The out-of-town multiplex is beginning to multiply fast even as the high street cinemas..are ‘rationalised’ out of existence. 1990 Screen Internat. 24 Mar. 4/3 Wimpey is thought to have had talks with the largest multiplex operator in the territory, UCI, to develop a four-screen cinema. 2000 Bath Chron. (Electronic ed.) 27 Dec. Television stars supposedly can't make it on the big screen. So how come George Clooney's been like a rash over the multiplexes? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). multiplexv. Telecommunications. transitive. To enable (a line) to carry several signals simultaneously; to incorporate into a multiplex signal or system; to subject to the action of a multiplexer. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > [verb (transitive)] > render multiplex, etc. multiplex1885 quadruplex1885 quad1886 octuplex1889 mux1983 1885 C. F. Himes Address Opening J. Tome Building 9 The wire was duplexed, then quadraplexed, and to-day multiplexed in such a way that dozens of messages may speed along the same wire at the same time in both directions. 1925 C. A. Wright Telephone Communication xiii. 317 The terminal equipment required to multiplex a telephone line is costly and its use is, consequently, justified only with long lines. 1955 Sci. News Let. 5 Mar. 158/2 You may soon be able to hear programs from your local FM station—minus commercials—in buses..and on the job. This is just one of the possibilities of a system being considered..that would allow FM stations to ‘multiplex’ their broadcasts. In the process, two separate signals would be sent from the same tower using the same radio frequencies. 1969 Sci. Jrnl. Dec. 42/3 A colour TV system multiplexes (by frequency division) video, colour and sound information. 1991 Personal Computer World Feb. 6/2 Thirty two of these signals can be multiplexed together to form a 2Mb/s data stream. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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