Hex

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A hex is a curse or magical spell or a female caster of such. The term is derived from the German word "Hexe" for a witch. Hex is also the Greek root word denoting "six" as in "hexagon", a six-sided geometric figure. Hex may also mean:

Contents 1 Media 1.1 Television & Movies 1.2 Music 1.3 Books & Comics 2 Other

[edit] Media

[edit] Television & Movies

• Hex (TV series)
• Hex (Doctor Who), a character in the Big Finish Productions audio plays based on the television series Doctor Who
• Hex, a Ben 10 villain.
• Hex (1973 movie), a 1973 film starring Keith Carradine, Gary Busey, Dan Haggerty, and Hillarie Thompson

[edit] Music

• Hex (Or Printing in the Infernal Method), an album by the band Earth
• Hex (song), a song by the British band Specimen
• Hex (album), an album by the band Bark Psychosis
• Hex (VJ group), a British-based multimedia group active in the 1990s, which later became Hexstatic
• Hex (album), an album by the British punk band Poison Girls.
• Hex (band), an alternative/progressive rock rock band from Warrnambool, Australia
• Hex (recording artist) Courtesy of 1134 Productions

[edit] Books & Comics

• Hex (Discworld), a fictional computer from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels
• Hex (book), set in a future dystopia.
• Jonah Hex, a DC Comics character
• Dominic Destine, a Marvel Comics character from Clan Destine

[edit] Other

• Part of a hex map
• Hex (board game)
• Hexadecimal, a base-16 number system often used by programmers
• Intel HEX A computer file format
• Hex River, South Africa
• pow-wow (folk magic), the Pennsylvania German magical system of "hex work"
• Uranium hexafluoride - part of the nuclear fuel refinement process
• A Hexcentric, an item of climbing protection equipment
• Hex - the Legend of the Towers, an indoor amusement ride at Alton Towers, England
• A hex key, also known as an Allen, hex-head, zeta key, or wrench, is a tool used to drive fasteners
• Hex sign, a barn decoration originating in Pennsylvania Dutch Country of the Northeastern United States
• Heat exchanger, a device for heat transfer