short for dexterity, meaning skill or coordination, often used in gaming for character stats.
Abbreviation of 'dexterity,' from Latin 'dexteritas' (skillfulness with the right hand, since 'dexter' means right). Gaming culture popularized 'dex' as gaming shorthand.
In video games, 'dex' is one of the core stats alongside 'strength' and 'intelligence'—this stat system comes from 1970s tabletop gaming like Dungeons & Dragons, which invented the template games still follow!
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