dex

Dexterity.

Noun colloquial, uncountable

  1. Dextromethorphan.
  2. Dexamethasone.
  3. Dextroamphetamine/dexedrine.
    • Two blocks west of the Chat, in a teashop called the Jarre de Thé, Case washed down the night's first pill with a double espresso. It was a flat pink octagon, a potent species of Brazilian dex he bought from one of...

Origin

Shortening of various drug names.

Noun astrophysics, natural sciences

  1. An order or factor of ten.
    • 2004, Cartledge et al 2004, The Homogeneity of Interstellar Oxygen in the Galactic Disk, Abstract, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 613, Issue 2, pp. 1037-1048, The data points for low-<nH> paths are scattered more...

Origin

Contraction of decimal exponent.

Forms

dexes

Related

order of magnitude decibel

Noun Entry 3

  1. Dexterity.
    • Establish a proccing percentage of a weapon by putting it in the primary hand and then put it in your offhand and check the proccing percentage with varying levels of dual wield skill (while keeping level and dex...

Origin

By shortening.