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Vex
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since June 2006. A built vex robot, with t..

Vexations
Vexations is a noted musical work by Erik Satie. It consists of a short chordal passage, and is intended to be repeated 840 times. On the score, it is written that "Pour se jouer 840 fois de suite ce motif, il sera bon de se préparer au préalable, et dans le plus grand silence, par des immobilit�..

Vexatious litigation
Vexatious litigation is legal action which is brought, regardless of its merits, solely to harass or subdue an adversary. It may take the form of a primary frivolous lawsuit or may be the repetitive, burdensome, and unwarranted filing of meritless motions in a matter which is otherwise a meritoriou..

Vexel
Vexel created in Photoshop which uses 170 raster layers. A vexel is a posterized raster image that imitates the vector-graphics style to give an image a more surrealistic, cartoon-like, or poster-board-style appearance. The word derives from a combination of "vector" and "pixel".[link�..

Vexi
The Vexi project is an international effort to create an easy-to-use platform for the development and delivery of internet applications. Contents 1 Origins2 Companies Using Vexi3 Contributors3.1 Current3.2 Inactive Origins The codebase originates from the [XWT pr..

Vexillatio
A vexillatio (plural vexillationes) was a detachment of a Roman legion formed as a temporary task force created by the Roman Army of the Principate. It was named from the standards carried by legionary detachments, vexillum (plural vexilla), which bore the emblem and name of the parent legion. Altho..

Vexilla Regis
The "Vexilla Regis" is a Latin hymn by the Christian poet Venantius Fortunatus. It takes its title from its opening stanza: Vexilla regis prodeunt,fulget crucis mysterium,quo carne carnis conditorsuspensus est patibulo. :"The royal standards are raised, the mystery of the Cross shines, where the ..

Vexilloid
As defined by Whitney Smith, a vexilloid is "an object which functions as a flag but differs from it in some respect, usually appearance. Vexilloids are characteristic of traditional societies and often consist of a staff with and emblem, such as a carved animal, at the top". Source: Flags Through..

Vexillology
Vexillology is the scholarly study of flags. The term was coined in 1958 by Dr. Whitney Smith of the United States, the author of many books and articles on this subject. It was originally considered a sub-discipline of heraldry, and occasionally is still seen as such; it is also sometimes consi..

Vexillum
The vexillum was a flag-like object used in the Classical Era of the Roman Empire. The vexillum resembles the modern flag; however, the cloth is draped vertically from a horizontal edge, unlike the horizontally-flown flags most used today. The word vexillology, meaning the study of flags, is deriv..

Vexin
The Vexin is a former region in France, divided since the 10th century between the Norman Vexin (Vexin normand) and the French Vexin (Vexin français). The Gaulish tribe of the Veliocassi, whose capital was at Rouen, gave their name to the region that became known as the Vexin, later to become a co..

Vext
Vext is a fictional character and the star of a short-lived 1998 comic book from DC Comics. Vext is a God from the Jejeune Realm (also known as the Borough of Mawkish Indifference) in the Pan-Dimensional Pantheons. He is the "patron deity of mishap and misfortune," and true to that appellation, his..

Vexx
Vexx is a video game developed by Acclaim for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube consoles released in 2003. The game is a 3D platformer game, starring a character of the same name. The objective consists of collecting magical hearts and unlocking more worlds to play, defeating enemies and jumping..

Vex Red
Vex Red were a band from Aldershot, England who played hard rock with samples. They were signed to Ross Robinson's label I Am after submitting their demo EP to a competition in Kerrang! magazine. They were dropped from their record label in late 2002 and Terry Abbott formed a new band Septembre. Ben..

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