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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
-plex, 
  1. a combining form meaning "having parts or units'' of the number specified by the initial element, occurring originally in loanwords from Latin (duplex;
    quadruplex    );
    recent English coinages ending in -plex, esp. denoting structures with a given number of dwelling units, are probably in part new formations with this suffix and in part based on the noun complex: fourplex;
    eightplex;
    Cineplex;
    Metroplex.
  • Latin -plex, -plic- (akin to plicāre to fold, bend, plectere to plait, braid; see -fold) + -s nominative singular ending

'-plex' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
centuplicate - duplex - triplex - AIDS-related complex - basement complex - brachial plexus - castration complex - celiac plexus - cervical plexus - complex analysis - complex carbohydrate - complex fraction - complex ion - complex machine - complex number - complex plane - complex sentence - complex variable - complice - compound-complex sentence - conjugate - coordination compound - culture complex - diplex - duplex apartment - duplex house - duplex lock - duplex process - duplex pump - Electra complex - extended complex plane - fold - fourplex - googolplex - half-duplex - herpes simplex - immune complex - inclusion complex - inferiority complex - lumbar plexus - major histocompatibility complex - Metroplex - military-industrial complex - multiplex - Oedipus complex - Orestes complex - plexal - plexiform - plexor - quadplex
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