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English

Etymology 1

Contraction of decimal exponent.

Noun

dex (plural dexes)

1. (physics and astrophysics) An order or factor of ten.
   • 2004, Cartledge et al 2004, The Homogeneity of Interstellar Oxygen in the Galactic Disk, Abstract, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 613, Issue 2, pp. 1037-1048,

     The data points for low-<nH> paths are scattered more widely than those for denser sight lines, because O/H ratios for such paths shorter than 800 pc are generally about 0.10 dex lower than the values for longer ones.

Usage notes

Used both to refer to the function ${\displaystyle \mathrm {dex} (x)=10^{x}}$ and the number of (possibly fractional) orders of magnitude separating two numbers. ${\displaystyle \log _{10}(5)\approx 0.70}$ and ${\displaystyle \log _{10}(8)\approx 0.90}$, so the ratio of 8 to 5 is about 0.20 dex.

See also

• order of magnitude, decibel

Etymology 2

By shortening.

Noun

dex (uncountable)

1. (role-playing games) Dexterity.
   • 2000, "Billy Shields", The truth about offhand procs (on newsgroup alt.games.everquest)

     Establish a proccing percentage of a weapon by putting it in the primary hand and then put it in your offhand and check the proccing percentage with varying levels of dual wield skill (while keeping level and dex constant).

Etymology 3

Shortening of various drug names.

Noun

dex (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) Dextromethorphan.
2. (medicine, colloquial) Dexamethasone.
3. (colloquial) Dextroamphetamine/dexedrine.

Anagrams

• Exd.

Norwegian

Interjection

dex

1. An expression used by some locals in Bergen (Norway) to emphasize that something is good, nice.

Wolof

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?x/

Noun

dex

1. river

English

Verb

wex (third-person singular simple present wexes, present participle wexing, simple past and past participle wexed)

1. Obsolete form of wax.
   • 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis

     The sun but seem'd the lab'rer of their year;
     Each wexing moon supply'd her wat'ry store.

Anagrams

• EXW

Middle English

Noun

wex

1. Alternative form of wax (“wax”)