hex
/hɛks/
noun
- 1
An evil spell or curse.
- 2
A witch.
- 3
A spell (now rare but still found in compounds such as hex sign and hexcraft).
verb
- 1
To cast a spell on (specifically an evil spell), to bewitch.
noun
- 1
A number system with base sixteen, using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E and F, most used in computing as a hexadecimal digit can represent four bits, half a standard byte.
- 2
A number expressed in the hexadecimal system.
Synonyms
noun
- 1
A hexagonal space on a game board.
- 2
A hexagon-shaped item of rock climbing equipment intended to be wedged into a crack or other opening in the rock.
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