Sex (disambiguation) - Definition

Sex has a number of meanings:

• In biology, the members of many species of living things are divided into two or more categories called sexes (or loosely speaking, genders). These categories refer to complementary groups that combine genetic material in order to reproduce.
• An alternate meaning in biology and ethology is coitus or sexual intercourse, the physical acts related to sexual reproduction.
• Sexual behavior is a popular topic in many fields focusing on humans such as anthropology, sociology, and psychology. See human sexual behavior or human sexuality.

Sex is also the name of several things:

• Sex is a 1926 play by Mae West.
• Sex is a 1991 book by entertainer Madonna and photographer Steven Meisel.
• Sex: The Annabel Chong Story is a 1999 documentary film about porn star Annabel Chong.
• SEX was a boutique on Kings Road in the Chelsea district of London. Owned by Malcolm McLaren, it was a seminal location in the emerging punk rock scene in the mid-1970s.

Sex- is a Latin prefix meaning 6

The letters SEX also serve as a mnemonic device:

• The "SEX" assembly language mnemonic is often used for the "Sign EXtend" machine instruction found in the PDP-11 and many other computer architectures.
• SEX is also a good tip for writing essays. It stands for Sentence, explanation, and example.

See also Sexi, Sei