hex

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WordNet

Thirteen unidentified eroded fragments. Shards of pottery. Copper strip with trim, 2 pieces of a hex nut or rod.

(adj) hex
of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base
(v) hex
cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
(n) hex
an evil spell "a witch put a curse on his whole family","he put the whammy on me"

Usage in the news

Hex Net, "Vice Church Blues". oub.org

Hex Net, "Pay No Mind". oub.org

Robak helps Rampage end Admiral hex . mysanantonio.com

Simpson Strong-Tie SDWH Hex -Head Screw. housingzone.com

Josh Brolin plays the post-Civil War bounty hunter Jonah Hex . csmonitor.com

'Jonah Hex ' scene: John Malkovich, left, and Wes Bentley are shown. csmonitor.com

'Jonah Hex ' has lots of action, not much interest. philly.com

'Jonah Hex ' movie review: Hexed from the start. nj.com

Jamie Trueblood Josh Brolin and Megan Fox hang out in "Jonah Hex ". nj.com

Lilah (Megan Fox) helps Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin) in his fight against enemy Quentin Turnbull. usatoday.com

Horror Western 'Jonah Hex '. sfgate.com

In Jonah Hex , the handsome actor steps into his first action role, and all he gets is one long slog of a movie disaster. radaronline.com

Josh Brolin's star power nearly saves 'Jonah Hex '. chicagotribune.com

Here's how you know Josh Brolin has become a movie star: "Jonah Hex " may not be much with him, but without him. chicagotribune.com

Adaptation of the DC Comics property 'Jonah Hex .'. variety.com

Usage in scientific papers

If the board is only partially ﬁlled in, then the probability of an open hex being critical is the number of ﬁllings of the remainder of the board for which the given hex is critical, divided by the total number of possible ﬁllings, which is 2N , where N is the number of empty hexes.
Artificial intelligence for Bidding Hex

Random-Turn Hex Theorem. [PSSW07] The set of optimal moves from any position in Random-Turn Hex is the same for both players, and is exactly the set of open hexes whose probability of being critical is maximal.
Artificial intelligence for Bidding Hex

The Random-Turn Hex Theorem gives an exact solution to Random-Turn Hex.
Artificial intelligence for Bidding Hex

From any position, ﬁll in the empty hexes in every possible way and count the number of times that each hex is critical.
Artificial intelligence for Bidding Hex

The hexes that are critical most often are the optimal moves.
Artificial intelligence for Bidding Hex

Usage in literature

I thought I should 'a' hex-plodid, myself! "Little Lord Fauntleroy" by Frances Hodgson Burnett

And even if I liked you tremendously, I couldn't talk to you without twenty old hexes watching, whispering. "Main Street" by Sinclair Lewis

She remained standing in the room, watching me, her face pale, and hex eyes pained and puzzled. "Bardelys the Magnificent" by Rafael Sabatini

The sight of Lord and Lady Valleys so intently staring at Miltoun restored hex self-possession. "The Patrician" by John Galsworthy

We could give one if ev'ry man, woman an' child in Faraway an' hex enough left t'fill an acre lot. "Eben Holden" by Irving Bacheller

Some said they had seen an old grey-haired hag (hexe) stand at the gates and fling down a piece of paper. "Vittoria, Complete" by George Meredith

And he had bought hex with his last cent. "The Crisis, Complete" by Winston Churchill

I'll swag, Meg's fa'in on hex feet, an' nae mistak'! "My Man Sandy" by J. B. Salmond

I have heard of cases in which the hex, once it was started, dragged on for many days. "The White Feather Hex" by Don Peterson

The girl was a witch and she had put a hex on Mrs. Wladek, and that hex had to be removed. "Hex" by Laurence Mark Janifer (AKA Larry M. Harris)