Dex

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Dex or DEX may refer to:

People

• Barbara Dex, Belgian singer
• Dex Elmont, Dutch judoka
• Dex Lee, English actor
• Dex Manley, American actor
• Famous Dex, Chicago rapper

References

• Dex, the official directory of Qwest Communications International, a former US telecom provider
• Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (DEX), The Explanatory Dictionary of the Romanian Language

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Dex, in the film Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
• Dex, in the film The Tao of Steve
• Ronon Dex, from the TV series Stargate Atlantis
• Dex Dexter, from the TV series Dynasty
• Dex Dizznee, a character from Shannon Messenger's book series, Keeper of the Lost Cities

Games

• Dex (video game)
• Dex, an abbreviation for the dexterity attribute in role playing games
• Battle Dex, an online, turn-based strategy game featuring collectible cards inspired by Advance Wars and Magic: The Gathering
• Pokédex, the collection of the fictional animals called "Pokémon"

Literature

• Dex, a fictional teen novel series Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger

Music

• Dex, a vocal from the Vocaloid software

Television

• Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist, an Australian children's TV program
• "Dex" (Dynasty), an episode of the TV series Dynasty

Mathematics and science

• DEX (Graph database), a graph database
• dex (decimal exponent), for use with values on a logarithmic scale
  • Especially Metallicity § Chemical abundance ratios in astronomy
• Dexamethasone, a potent synthetic member of the glucocorticoid class of steroid hormones
• Dextroamphetamine, a psychostimulant drug
• Dexmedetomidine, a sedative medication frequently used in the ICU
• Dextromethorphan, an antitussive drug
• Dextrorotation, the property of clockwise-rotating plane polarized light
• Enantiomer or dextrorotary stereoisomer, in chemistry

Brands and enterprises

• Dex Media
  • DEX One, subsidiary of Dex Media
    • Dex Media (Dex One), former subsidiary of DEX One
• DEX New York, American cosmetics company
• Dex-Cool, antifreeze
• Subaru Dex

Computing and technology

• DEX (protocol), a data-collection method for vending machines
• .dex, standard extension for a Dalvik Executable File, into which programs for the Android OS are compiled
• DEX (Decision EXpert), a qualitative multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) method
• Samsung DeX, a dock for smartphones, allowing desktop-like functionality
• Decentralized exchange (DEX), a cryptocurrency exchange without a central authority allowing peer-to-peer trading of cryptocurrencies

See also

• Dexter (disambiguation)

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