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- Cox (surname)Cox (surname)The surname Cox is of English or Welsh origin, and may have originated independently in several locations in Great Britain, with the variations arriving at a standard spelling only later. An early record of the surname dates from 1556 with the marriage of Alicea Cox at St. Martin in the Fields,...
, for information on the origins of the family name and a list of people with the name
Places
- Cox, AlicanteCox, AlicanteCox is a municipality in the comarca of Vega Baja del Segura in the Valencian Community, Spain.This town is located at the feet of the Sierra de Callosa mountain range....
, Spain - Cox, FloridaCox, FloridaCox is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Florida, United States. It is located on State Road 71.-Geography:Cox is located at ....
, United States - Cox, Haute-GaronneCox, Haute-GaronneCox is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...
, France - Cox IslandCox IslandCox Island is a northern Canadian island in eastern Hudson Bay. While situated off the western coast of Quebec's Ungava Peninsula, it's a part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region in the territory of Nunavut....
, Nunavut, Canada - Cox's Bazar DistrictCox's Bazar DistrictCox's Bazar District is a district in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh. It is named after Cox's Bazar, which is one of the world's longest natural sea beaches . It is located south of Chittagong. Cox's Bazar is also known by the name Panowa . Another old name was Palongkee...
, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh
Other
- CyclooxygenaseCyclooxygenaseCyclooxygenase is an enzyme that is responsible for formation of important biological mediators called prostanoids, including prostaglandins, prostacyclin and thromboxane. Pharmacological inhibition of COX can provide relief from the symptoms of inflammation and pain...
, an enzyme - Cytochrome c oxidaseCytochrome c oxidaseThe enzyme cytochrome c oxidase or Complex IV is a large transmembrane protein complex found in bacteria and the mitochondrion.It is the last enzyme in the respiratory electron transport chain of mitochondria located in the mitochondrial membrane...
, an enzyme - (
), oxide capacitance in MOSFETMOSFETThe metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor is a transistor used for amplifying or switching electronic signals. The basic principle of this kind of transistor was first patented by Julius Edgar Lilienfeld in 1925...
devices - Cox EnterprisesCox EnterprisesCox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, United States, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. He was the Democratic candidate for the President of the United States in the election of 1920...
, a media and communications company which includes Cox Television, Cox Newspapers and other subsidiaries- Cox CommunicationsCox CommunicationsCox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television, telecommunications and wireless services in the United States...
, provides cable television, telephone, and Internet service
- Cox Communications
- Cox & KingsCox & KingsCox & Kings is the longest established travel company in the world, its history stretching back to 1758 when Richard Cox was appointed as regimental agent to the Foot Guards. Cox & Kings is now an independent tour company with offices in the United Kingdom, India, the United States and Japan...
Travel agency derived from two firms of regimental agents in British India.- Cox RadioCox RadioCox Radio, Inc. is a division of Cox Enterprises that holds a number of radio stations. Cox Radio is headquartered at 6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Road in Sandy Springs, Georgia....
- Cox Radio
- One of the Proportional hazards modelsProportional hazards modelsProportional hazards models are a class of survival models in statistics. Survival models relate the time that passes before some event occurs to one or more covariates that may be associated with that quantity. In a proportional hazards model, the unique effect of a unit increase in a covariate...
in statistics, sometimes called the Cox model after its creator - Cox model engines, made by L.M. Cox Manufacturing Inc. and later Cox Hobbies
- Cox ModelsCox ModelsCox Models, a former division of Estes Industries of Penrose, Colorado, was a multimillion-dollar hobby company, is one of the hobby industry's oldest companies and is noted for its production of miniature model internal-combustion engines....
, aka Cox Hobbies - Cox's Orange PippinCox's Orange PippinCox's Orange Pippin is an apple cultivar first grown in 1825, at Colnbrook in Buckinghamshire, England, by the retired brewer and horticulturist Richard Cox. Though the origin of the cultivar is unknown, the Ribston Pippin seems a likely candidate. The variety was introduced for sale by the 1850s...
, variety of apple - The complementary video games City of HeroesCity of HeroesCity of Heroes is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on the superhero comic book genre, developed by Cryptic Studios and published by NCsoft. The game was launched in North America on April 27, 2004 and in Europe on February 4, 2005 with English, German and French language...
/City of VillainsCity of VillainsCity of Villains is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on the superhero comic book genre, developed by Cryptic Studios and published by NCSoft. Released on October 31, 2005 , the game is integrated with their previous release, City of Heroes...
, referred to singularly as CoH or CoV, and dually as CoX - Short name for a Coxswain (rowing)Coxswain (rowing)In a crew, the coxswain is the member who sits in the stern facing the bow, steers the boat, and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers.- Role :The role of a coxswain within a crew is to:...
- CoX, short for the band Clan of XymoxClan of XymoxThe band Clan of Xymox, also known as Xymox, formed in the Netherlands in 1981. Clan Of Xymox featured a trio of songwriters - Pieter Nooten, Ronny Moorings and Anke [also Anka] Wolbert - and gained success in the 1980s, releasing their first two albums on a prestigious independent UK label, a...