Rx (sometimes written ) is a common abbreviation for medical prescriptions derived from the Latin verb ''recipere'', "take / receive". RX, Rx, , or rx may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

*' or ''Rx'', a young adult novel by

Elizabeth J. Braswell Elizabeth J. Braswell, often known as Liz Braswell, is an English-born American writer of young adult fiction. She is best known for ''The Nine Lives of Chloe King'', a series that was adapted as a 2011 television show of the same name. She is als ...

published in 2005 under the pseudonym Tracy Lynn *

Rx (band) ℞ or Rx was a one-off side project by Skinny Puppy band member Nivek Ogre, in collaboration with Invisible Records founder Martin Atkins. The project was originally called Ritalin, but the name was changed for legal reasons. Rx released an a ...

, an industrial rock band formed by Nivek Ogre and Martin Atkins *''Rx'', an album by Ryan Beaver (2016) *" Rx (Medicate)", a song by Canadian rock band Theory of a Deadman * ''Rx'' (mixtape), an upcoming mixtape by Rico Nasty * "rX" (''The Gifted''), an episode of the television series ''The Gifted'' *'' Kamen Rider Black RX'', a Japanese superhero television series * ''Rx'' (film), a 2005 romantic thriller film

Science and technology

Computing and electronics

*Rx, "Receive", "receiver" or "reception", in various telecommunications applications **Rx, the receive signal in the RS-232 serial communication standard *Rx, the remote procedure call mechanism used by the

Andrew File System The Andrew File System (AFS) is a distributed file system which uses a set of trusted servers to present a homogeneous, location-transparent file name space to all the client workstations. It was developed by Carnegie Mellon University as part of t ...

* Radeon RX series, a series of graphics products from AMD *

Reactive extensions ReactiveX (also known as Reactive Extensions) is a software library originally created by Microsoft that allows imperative programming languages to operate on sequences of data regardless of whether the data is synchronous or asynchronous. It pro ...

, originally for .NET, later ported to other languages and environments * Rx bridge, a device for measuring the characteristic resistance and impedance of antenna or feedline system *

Rx meters An RX meter is used to measure the separate resistive and reactive components of reactive parallel Z network. The two variable frequency oscillators track each other at frequencies 100 kHz apart. The output of a 0.5-250 MHz oscillator, ...

, a term used in electrical engineering *

RX microcontroller family is a Japanese semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, initially incorporated in 2002 as Renesas Technology, the consolidated entity of the semiconductor units of Hitachi and Mitsubishi excluding their dynamic random-access memo ...

, by Renesas Electronics

Vehicles

* Lexus RX, a series of luxury crossover SUV *

Mazda RX , commonly referred to as simply Mazda, is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Fuchū, Hiroshima, Japan. In 2015, Mazda produced 1.5 million vehicles for global sales, the majority of which (nearly one mi ...

, a series of sport cars * South Australian Railways R class (Rx class locomotive), of the South Australian Railways * Yamaha RX 100, a 2-stroke Yamaha motorcycle

Other uses in science and technology

Retinal homeobox protein Rx Retinal homeobox protein Rx also known as retina and anterior neural fold homeobox is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RAX gene. The RAX gene is located on chromosome 18 in humans, mice, and rats. Function This gene encodes a homeobo ...

, a transcription factor in vertebrate eye development *

Roket Eksperimental The RX rocket family (''Roket Eksperimental'', en, Experimental Rocket) is a series of solid-fuel rockets developed by the Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN). They are simply named by their diameter in millimeters; for ...

, an Indonesian experimental rocket series

Other uses

Apparent retrograde motion Apparent retrograde motion is the apparent motion of a planet in a direction opposite to that of other bodies within its system, as observed from a particular vantage point. Direct motion or prograde motion is motion in the same direction as ...

of planets in astrology * Rallycross, a motor sport *

Regent Airways Regent Airways ( bn, রিজেন্ট এয়ারওয়েজ) was a Bangladeshi airline owned by HG Aviation Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary of Habib Group. It is based at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Due to its bad financi ...

, a Bangladeshi airline (IATA code RX) * Rye, East Sussex, UK, in fishing boat registrations *, a numismatic abbreviation for

reverse Reverse or reversing may refer to: Arts and media * ''Reverse'' (Eldritch album), 2001 * ''Reverse'' (2009 film), a Polish comedy-drama film * ''Reverse'' (2019 film), an Iranian crime-drama film * ''Reverse'' (Morandi album), 2005 * ''Reverse'' ...

*RX, formerly Reed Exhibitions, an exhibition company, now part of

RELX RELX plc (pronounced "Rel-ex") is a British multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London, England. Its businesses provide scientific, technical and medical information and analytics; legal information and analytics; ...

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