Nixie
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The word Nixie may mean:
- Nixie (aka Näcken / Nøkken) is a mythical, female water creature appearing in Scandinavian and Germanic folk tales. (The male counterpart is the "Nokk")
- Nixie, a creature from the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game based upon the mythical water creature.
- Another word for Melusine
- Nixie tube, a kind of gas-filled electron tube once in use as an alphanumeric display, name comes from "Numerical Indicator eXperimental" (NIXIE Tube Displays)
- Nixie service, a nickname for U.S. Postal Service NCSC (National Customer Support Center) where undeliverable mail is processed and returned to sender.
- SLQ-25 Nixie, a torpedo decoy.