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multiplexer

British  
/ ˈmʌltɪˌplɛksə /

noun

  1. computing a device that enables the simultaneous transmission of several messages or signals over one communications channel

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Our lecturer informed us that the metal cylinder was a "wavelength division multiplexer."

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