Nexus

Look up nexus, nexûs, or nexūs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Nexus is a Latin word for connection, usually where multiple elements meet. It may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

  • Nexus, a fictional place in the TV series Charmed (broadcast 1998–2006)
  • Nexus, a large, insect-like Necromorph in the game Dead Space 3
  • Nexus, a series of androids in the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) by Philip K. Dick
    • Nexus, the corresponding series of replicants in the film adaptation Blade Runner (1982)
  • Nexus, a structure at the starting point of each team in League of Legends that the other team must destroy in order to win
  • Nexus, the multiplayer meeting platform in the game No Man's Sky in the form of a space station
  • Multiversal Nexus, the center of the DC Multiverse
  • Planet Nexus, the main setting for the MMORPG WildStar
  • The Nexus, the name of the setting of Heroes of the Storm
  • The Nexus, a central hub used to bind together various worlds in the game Demon's Souls
  • The Nexus, a communications complex in Quake 4
  • The Nexus, a safe haven area in Realm of the Mad God
  • The Nexus, the central plot element in the 1994 film Star Trek Generations
  • The Nexus, a space station in the game Mass Effect: Andromeda
  • Ultraman Nexus, the eponymous alien superhero broadcast 2004–2005
  • The Nexus, a place connecting multiple realms in The Death Gate Cycle

Gaming

  • Nexus, the brand of the NexusMods online modding community
  • Dragonlance Nexus, a fansite that was created in 1996 as "Dragon Realm"
  • Nexus: The Jupiter Incident, a 2004 science fiction themed real-time tactics computer game
  • Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds, a 1996 Pay to Play MMORPG
  • Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus, a platform game developed by Insomniac Games, also known as Ratchet & Clank: Nexus
  • Nexus, a digital platform for various tabletop role-playing game tools created by Demiplane

Literature

  • Nexus (comics), an American comic book series by Mike Baron and Steve Rude in 1981
  • Nexus (Ramez Naam novel), 2012 cyberpunk thriller novel by Ramez Naam
  • Nexus, the final novel published in 1959 in The Rosy Crucifixion trilogy by Henry Miller

Music

Groups and labels

  • Nexus (Argentine band), a progressive rock band from Argentina
  • Nexus (ensemble), a Toronto-based percussion ensemble that performs jazz, world music, and western avant-garde music
  • Nexus (Estonian band), an Estonian pop band formed in 2003 which split up in 2006
  • Nexus (Greek band), a Greek industrial rock band formed by vocalist/keyboardist Mike Pougounas
  • The Nexus, a duo consisting of David Sneddon and James Bauer-Mein
  • Nexus Music, a Danish record label and production company

Albums

  • Nexus (Another Level album), 1999
  • Nexus (Argent album), 1974
  • Nexus (Sarah Fimm album), 2004
  • Nexus (Gene Harris album), 1975
  • Nexus (Pat Martino album), 2015
  • The Nexus (album), by Aramanthe, 2013

Songs

  • "Nexus" (ClariS song)
  • "Nexus", a song from Bethlehem's 1998 album Sardonischer Untergang im Zeichen irreligiöser Darbietung
  • "Nexus", a song from Dan Fogelberg's 1981 album The Innocent Age
  • "Nexus", a song from Opshop's 2004 album You Are Here
  • "Nexus", a song from Silent Planet's 2023 album Superbloom
  • "Nexus 4/Shine", a 2008 single by L'Arc-en-Ciel
  • "The Nexus", a composition from the Astral Projection 2002 album Amen
  • "The Nexus", a song from Amaranthe's 2013 album The Nexus

Periodicals

  • Nexus (Australian magazine), a bi-monthly alternative news magazine
  • Nexus (literary magazine), a Kenyan literary journal later renamed Busara
  • Nexus (student magazine), the weekly students' magazine of the Waikato Students Union at the University of Waikato, New Zealand
  • Daily Nexus, the university newspaper for the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara, US
  • The Nexus, the student newspaper of Camosun College, British Columbia, Canada

Wrestling

  • The Nexus (professional wrestling), a defunct professional wrestling stable in the WWE

Brands and enterprises

Facilities and structures

  • Nexus (building), a high-rise building in Seattle, Washington, United States
  • Nexus Place, a building in London owned by Tishman Speyer

Law and government

  • NEXUS, a trusted traveler program of Canada and the US
  • Nexus, a person under a debt bondage contract called a nexum in ancient Rome
  • Nexus, an aspect of state income tax code in the US
  • Nexus of contracts, a legal theory
  • Nexus clause, provision of the Australian Constitution regarding the composition of parliament

Philosophy and metaphysics

  • Nexus (process philosophy), a term coined by Alfred North Whitehead to show the network actual entity from universe
  • Causal nexus, chain of causality between two or more processes

Science and technology

Biochemistry

  • 2C-B (or Nexus), a psychedelic drug of the 2C family
  • Gap junction (or nexus), a specialized intercellular connection between a multitude of animal cell-types

Mobile devices

  • Google Nexus, a discontinued line of Android devices co-manufactured by Google
    • Nexus One, a 2010 smartphone co-manufactured with HTC
    • Nexus Player, a 2014 digital media player co-manufactured with Asus
    • Nexus Q, a 2012 digital media player

Other computing uses

  • Nexus (data format), a common data format for neutron, X-ray, and muon science
  • Nexus (standard), a standard debugging interface for embedded systems
  • Nexus (web browser), the first web browser and editor
  • Cisco Nexus switches, modular network switches designed for data centers
  • Landmark Nexus, reservoir simulation software
  • Nexus file, a widely used file format used in bioinformatics, specifically phylogenetics
  • Nexus grammar, a system of analysing text which was first used in Denmark
  • Nexus Repository, a software repository manager by Sonatype

Transportation

Other uses

See also

Search for "nexus" on Wikipedia.
  • Nexis or LexisNexis, a research corporation
  • Nexxus, a line of hair care products
  • North East Conference on Science and Skepticism (NCSS), run by the New England Skeptical Society
  • All pages with titles beginning with Nexus
  • All pages with titles containing Nexus
Topics referred to by the same term
Disambiguation icon
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Nexus.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.