English Explanatory Dictionary

plex

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A building, such as a duplex or triplex, with a number of apartments (typically two to four) that all open directly to the outside.
  2. A designated portion of a disk, usually set up to mirror some of the contents.
  3. A tree-like structure in which each child can have multiple parents.
  4. Clipping of multiplex.

Word forms

plex plexes

Etymology

Ultimately from -plex, from Latin plectere

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