Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

demultiplex

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-mul-ti-plex
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To separate signals that were previously multiplexed (combined using a multiplexer)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multi- Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.? Latin -plex Latin multiplexlbor. English multiplex English demultiplex From de- + multiplex.

Inflected Forms

demultiplexes (present, singular) demultiplexing (participle, present) demultiplexed (participle, past) demultiplexed (past)

Derived Forms

demultiplexer

Frequently Paired Words

demultiply remultiplex

Synonyms

demux

Questions

What does demultiplex mean?: To separate signals that were previously multiplexed (combined using a multiplexer)
Where does demultiplex come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multi- Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.? Latin -plex Latin multiplexlbor. English multiplex English demultiplex From de- + multiplex.

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