Sex (disambiguation)

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Sex (from Latin sexus), relating to biological gender

From Latin sex "six" (see also numerical prefix)

  • Sex, an abbreviation for the constellation Sextans
  • Sextet: A group of six musicians
  • Sexagenarian: A person who is six decades old
  • Sextuplet: Six children born at the same time to the same mother
  • Sexdactyly: A genetic condition which causes people to have 6 fingers instead of the usual 5
  • A sextant is a measuring instrument in the shape of 1/6 of a circle
  • Sextilis, the sixth month of the early Roman calendar

acronyms:

  • The "SEX" assembly language mnemonic is often used for the "Sign EXtend" machine instruction found in the PDP-11 and many other computer architectures
  • SEX, a mnemonic for advice about writing essays (stands for Sentence, Explanation, and eXample)

geography:

[edit] See also

  • Sexus (a disambiguation page)