Sex (disambiguation)

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Sex may refer to:

Sex, the biological distinction of an organism between male, female or intersex, defined by the gametes it produces (or the reproductive organs it have), in anisogamous species
- Mating types, a distinction of gametes, whether in anisogamous or isogamous species
Sexing, the act of discerning the sex of an animal
Sexual reproduction, a process of combining and mixing genetic traits, associated with the generation of new individuals, by means of meiosis and fertilization
- Recombination, the process of mixing genetic traits solely, occurring both in organisms with sexual or asexual reproduction
Animal sexual behaviour
- Human sexual activity
- Sexual intercourse, also called copulation or coitus
- Non-penetrative sex, or sexual outercourse
Gender, the distinction between male and female or masculinity and femininity
Human sexuality

Compositions

SEX (computing), an assembly language mnemonic often used for the "Sign EXtend" machine instruction found in the PDP-11 and many other computer architectures
Sodium ethyl xanthate, a chemical compound used in the mining industry
Sports Entertainment Xtreme, a professional wrestling stable