Short for Hexi Corridor.

(historical) Part of the Northern Silk Road running northwest from the bank of the Yellow River. Consisting of a string of oases, it was the most important route from North China to the Tarim Basin and Central Asia for traders and the military.

(rare, of a positional numeral system) Using base six; senary. / (nonstandard, rare, of a positional numeral system) Using base sixteen; hexadecimal.

present participle of hex

The act of casting a hex or curse.

(geometry) A polyiamond made up of six triangles.

(organic chemistry) An aromatic quaternary ammonium cation whose iodide is used as a fluorescent stain for nucleic acids

plural of hexitol

(organic chemistry) Any polyol derived from a hexose

(rare) Synonym of sextillion