noun
plex
Plex (noun) means a building, for example a duplex or triplex, containing several flats (usually two to four) each with its own entrance from outside.
noun
1
A building, for example a duplex or triplex, containing several flats (usually two to four) each with its own entrance from outside.
"English-style terraced houses or the cheaper type of Montreal plexes that opened directly onto the street made such a way of life possible, but just barely."
— Richard Harris, Creeping Conformity: How Canada Became Suburban (2004)
2
(computing) A part of a disk kept as a copy of some of its data.
"Striped volumes of mirrored plexes can survive failure of up to half of their disks."
— Paul Massiglia, Highly Available Storage for Windows Servers (2002)
3
(computing) A branching structure in which one item can have more than one parent.
4
(informal) A short form of 'multiplex'.
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Etymology
Ultimately comes from -plex, from Latin plectere.
Rhymes for plex
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What is the meaning of plex?
"plex" (noun) means a building, for example a duplex or triplex, containing several flats (usually two to four) each with its own entrance from outside.
What are the different meanings of plex?
"plex" has 3 main meanings: 1. A building, for example a duplex or triplex, containing several flats (usually two to four) each with its own entrance from outside; 2. (computing) A part of a disk kept as a copy of some of its data; 3. (computing) A branching structure in which one item can have more than one parent.
