multiplexityn.
/ˌmʌltᵻˈplɛksᵻti/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈplɛksədi/, /ˌməltəˈplɛksədi/ The quality or condition of being multiplex; multiplicity; complexity. Also: degree of multiplicity.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > [noun]
intricatenessa1586
perplexednessa1586
involution1611
mixture1614
complicateness1656
puzzledness1662
complexedness1690
complexation1707
complexness1727
complexity1790
complication1793
complicacy18..
complicatedness1818
complicity1847
involvedness1867
multiplexity1938
1938 A. E. Clayton Performance & Design Direct Current Machines (ed. 2) iii. 80 The pitch of a lap coil may be m commutator segments... If m = 1 the windings become the common type... In general, m is called the ‘multiplexity’ of the winding.
1971 Rev. Electr. Communication Lab. 19 492 In designing a new system with further increased multiplexity,..it is necessary to newly select optimum values for the intermediate frequency and standard frequency deviation.
1977 M. MacGréil Prejudice & Tolerance in Irel. i. 12 Consistency in valence and multiplexity between the three components.
1980 Eng. World-wide 1 181 The primary nexus between the individual and the density and multiplexity of his network structure rather than between language and social class membership.
1997 T. Pynchon Mason & Dixon liii. 523 A return to that Holy Silence which the Word broke, and the Multiplexity of matter has ever since kept hidden.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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