Hex
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A hex is a magical spell, usually with malevolent purposes such as a curse
. The term is derived from the German word Hexe for a witch.
Hexa– is a prefix from the Greek word for 'six', as in hexagon, a polygon with six corners.
Hex may also refer to:
Curse
A curse is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to some other entity—one or more persons, a place, or an object...
. The term is derived from the German word Hexe for a witch.
Hexa– is a prefix from the Greek word for 'six', as in hexagon, a polygon with six corners.
Hex may also refer to:
Computers & Technology
- HexadecimalHexadecimalIn mathematics and computer science, hexadecimal is a positional numeral system with a radix, or base, of 16. It uses sixteen distinct symbols, most often the symbols 0–9 to represent values zero to nine, and A, B, C, D, E, F to represent values ten to fifteen...
, or hex, a base-16 number system often used in computer nomenclature - Intel HEXIntel HEXIntel HEX is a file format for conveying binary information for applications like programming microcontrollers, EPROMs, and other kinds of chips. It is one of the oldest file formats available for this purpose, having been in use since the 1970s...
, a computer file format - Uranium hexafluorideUranium hexafluorideUranium hexafluoride , referred to as "hex" in the nuclear industry, is a compound used in the uranium enrichment process that produces fuel for nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons. It forms solid grey crystals at standard temperature and pressure , is highly toxic, reacts violently with water...
, part of the nuclear fuel refinement process - Heat exchangerHeat exchangerA heat exchanger is a piece of equipment built for efficient heat transfer from one medium to another. The media may be separated by a solid wall, so that they never mix, or they may be in direct contact...
, a device for heat transfer
Pennsylvania Dutch
- Pow-wow (folk magic)Pow-wow (folk magic)Pow-wow is a system of American folk religion and magic associated with the Pennsylvania Dutch.-Origin of the name and practices:Its name comes from the book Pow-wows, or, The Long Lost Friend, written by John George Hohman and first published in German as Der Lange Verborgene Freund in 1820...
, the Pennsylvania German magical system of "hex work" - Hex signHex signHex signs are a form of Pennsylvania Dutch folk art, related to fraktur, found in the Fancy Dutch tradition in Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Barn paintings, usually in the form of "stars in circles," grew out of the fraktur and folk art traditions about 1850 when barns first started to be painted in...
, a barn decoration originating in Pennsylvania Dutch Country of the Northeastern United States
Television and film
- Hex (TV series)Hex (TV series)Hex is a British television programme developed by Shine Limited and aired on the Sky One satellite channel. The story is about a remote English country school that becomes the battleground between a demonic entity and the witches who oppose it...
- Hex (Doctor Who)Hex (Doctor Who)Thomas Hector Schofield, nicknamed Hex, is a fictional character played by Philip Olivier in a series of audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. A staff nurse working for St. Gart's Hospital in London in the year...
, a character in the Big Finish Productions audio plays based on the television series Doctor Who - Hex, a Ben 10 villain
- Hex (film)Hex (film)Hex is a 1973 US horror film starring Keith Carradine, Dan Haggerty, Gary Busey, Hillarie Thompson and Tina Herazo that, according to Phil Hardy's The Encyclopedia of Horror Movies "crosses elements of the bike film with those of the post-western and the supernatural tale." Hardy's book also...
, a 1973 film starring Keith Carradine, Gary Busey, Dan Haggerty, and Hillarie Thompson - Jonah Hex (film)Jonah Hex (film)Jonah Hex is a 2010 post-Civil War antihero Western film loosely based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film is directed by Jimmy Hayward and stars Josh Brolin as the title character, Jonah Hex, and also stars John Malkovich, Michael Fassbender,...
, a 2010 film based on the DC Comics character - The Hex Girls, a fictitious, gothic girl group in the Scooby-DooScooby-DooScooby-Doo is an American media franchise based around several animated television series and related works produced from 1969 to the present day. The original series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, was created for Hanna-Barbera Productions by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears in 1969...
franchise - Stephanie "Hex" BendixsenStephanie BendixsenStephanie Bendixsen is an Australian television presenter. She is best known as one of the presenters of the video game review show Good Game where she goes by the nickname "Hex".-Early life:Stephanie was born in Sydney, Australia...
, a presenter for Australian TV show Good Game
Music
- Hex (Or Printing in the Infernal Method)Hex (Or Printing in the Infernal Method)Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method is the fourth full-length studio album by drone doom band Earth. The album was the first new material released by Earth after a nine year hiatus due to Dylan Carlson's drug and legal problems....
, an album by the band Earth - Hex (album)Hex (album)Hex is a 1994 album by Bark Psychosis. The term "post-rock" was coined by music journalist Simon Reynolds in his review of this album for Mojo magazine.-Reception:...
, a 1994 album by the band Bark Psychosis - Hex (VJ group)Hex (VJ group)Hex, or Hex Media, were a London-based multimedia group founded in the early 1990s by artist Robert Pepperell, coder Miles Visman and the DJs Coldcut...
, a British-based multimedia group active in the 1990s, which later became Hexstatic - Hex, a 2003 album by the Los Angeles-based rock band BigelfBigelfBigelf is a progressive rock/progressive metal band formed in Los Angeles, CA in 1991. They have since released three studio albums.-Biography:...
- Hex, a collaborative effort between Steve Kilbey and Donnette ThayerDonnette ThayerDonnette Thayer is a vocalist and guitarist most active in the 1980s and early 1990s underground rock scenes. Thayer has been described as "the enchantress" , "a suave successor to California flower-pop" , and "Gaea personified"...
in the late 1980s
Literature
- Hex (The Puzzler), the collective pseudonym of the authors of "The Puzzler".
- Hex (Discworld)Hex (Discworld)Hex is a fictional computer featuring in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. First appearing in Soul Music, Hex is an elaborate, magic-powered and self-building computer housed at the Unseen University in the city of Ankh-Morpork...
, a computer in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels - Hex (novel), a 2001 dystopian novel by Rhiannon Lassiter
- Jonah HexJonah HexJonah Woodson Hex is a Western comic book antihero created by writer John Albano and artist Tony DeZuniga and published by DC Comics. Hex is a surly and cynical bounty hunter whose face is horribly scarred on the right side. Despite his poor reputation and personality, Hex is bound by a personal...
, a DC Comics character - Hex (Dominic Destine), a character in the Marvel Comics series ClanDestineClandestineClandestine may refer to:* Secrecy* ClanDestine, a Marvel Comics series by Alan Davis* Clandestine , a novel by James Ellroy* Clandestine operation, a secret intelligence or military activity* Clandestine MUD, a MUD, or text-based MMORPG...
Games & Themepark attractions
- Part of a hex mapHex mapA hex map, hex board or hex grid is a gameboard design commonly used in wargames of all scales. The map is subdivided into small regular hexagons of identical size.-Advantages and disadvantages:...
in wargames - Hex (board game)Hex (board game)Hex is a board game played on a hexagonal grid, theoretically of any size and several possible shapes, but traditionally as an 11x11 rhombus. Other popular dimensions are 13x13 and 19x19 as a result of the game's relationship to the older game of Go...
- Hex (video game)Hex (video game)Hex is a turn-based strategy game developed by Mark of the Unicorn and published in 1985 for the Atari ST, and then later for the Amiga. It has been described as a "turn based Q*Bert" with RPG skill advancement components. In this game, you play a unicorn that is trying to turn all the hexes on the...
, a 1985 computer game for the Amiga and Atari ST - Hex – the Legend of the Towers, a Vekoma Madhouse ride at the Alton Towers Resort, England
Other
- HexcentricHexcentricHexes are items of rock climbing equipment used to protect climbers from injury during a fall. They are intended to be wedged by into a crack or other opening in the rock, and do not require a hammer to place. They were developed as an alternative to pitons, which are hammered into cracks and are...
, an item of climbing protection equipment - Hex River, South Africa
- Hex keyHex keyA hex key, Allen key, or Allen wrench is a tool of hexagonal cross-section used to drive bolts and screws that have a hexagonal socket in the head .- Nomenclature :...
, a tool used to drive fasteners; also known as a hex wrench, Allen wrench, hex-head or zeta key - A telephone hex keyNumber signNumber sign is a name for the symbol #, which is used for a variety of purposes including, in some countries, the designation of a number...
is # in Singapore and Malaysia