PX

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PX or px may refer to:

In business[edit]

  • PX Index, index of the Prague Stock Exchange
  • Air Niugini (IATA airline code PX)
  • Part exchange, a type of contract
  • Post exchange, a store operated by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service on US Army posts
  • Praxair (stock symbol PX)
  • Power exchange, the entity that operates an electricity market through which electricity is traded
  • Phone Number
  • People Experience, the rebranding of Human Resources (HR), reflecting a focus on putting people and their experiences first

Medicine[edit]

Chemistry[edit]

  • p-Xylene (Paraxylene), an aromatic hydrocarbon, based on benzene with two methyl substituents, of which PX is the industrial symbol.
  • Peroxidase
  • Pyroxenes, commonly abbreviated to Px, are a group of important rock-forming inosilicate minerals
  • Protein crystallography, the study of protein crystals to determine the molecular structure of proteins

Other uses[edit]

  • Pixel, in digital displays
  • PX clade, a taxonomic group of stramenopiles algae that includes Phaeophyceae and Xanthophyceae
  • Operation PX, a planned Japanese biological attack on the United States in World War II
  • Chi Rho (only if misspelt) – a Christian monogram formed by superimposing the Greek letters Χ (chi) and P (rho).
  • Pedro Ximénez, a grape used in the making of sweet sherries and wines from Montilla-Moriles

See also[edit]