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  1. noun A movie rating indicating that admission will not be granted to anyone under the age of 17.
  2. The symbol for reactance.
  3. The symbol for the Roman numeral 10.
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  • Diagram the relative continuum as a big X where the upper inside of the X is the future and the lower inside of the X is the past, and the two outsides of the X are nowhere, or simultaneously, everywhere, the place of quantum physics' many-worlds, through which photons of light place information with each other instantly, with no lapse of time, from one location to another, as if one location was at another. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 02 - February 2000
  • He explained how their budget would be chopped by fifty percent within fifteen days, and how the world's nations had decided that Project Ozma X was the source of society's weird behavior. —  Analog May, 1971
  • Spell Catcher X is the powerful writing tool preferred by educators, students, writers, bloggers - anyone who writes on their Macintosh. —  MacUpdate - Mac OS X
  • Perhaps your X is being a pirate - or being taken by pirates. —  ErosBlog: The Sex Blog
  • Stop me if you're heard this before: Player X is the new Tiger Woods.
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