plex

1. (Canada) A building, such as a duplex or triplex, with a number of apartments (typically two to four) that all open directly to the outside.
2. A designated portion of a disk, usually set up to mirror some of the contents.
3. A tree-like structure in which each child can have multiple parents.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of multiplex.

Etymology

Ultimately from -plex, from Latin plectere

Synonyms

bundle

clump

cluster