pax

n.

1. Ecclesiastical.
   1. A small flat tablet adorned with a sacred image that worshipers kiss when offered the kiss of peace.
   2. The kiss of peace.
2. Pax A time of wide-ranging stability when there is only a single dominant power. Used with a Latinized name: "Editorials lauding the civilizing influence of Pax Britannica were met with ... a crushing disinterest from most of the public" (Nisid Hajari).

[Medieval Latin pāx, from Latin, peace. Sense 2, on the model of Late Latin pāx (Rōmāna), the Roman peace, state of security obtaining under Roman rule, alteration of Latin (Rōmāna) pāx.]

(1) (Private Automatic Exchange) An inhouse intercom system.

(2) (Parallel Architecture Extended) A parallel processing environment standard based on Intel's i860 RISC chip, Unix System V and Alliant Computer's parallel and 3D graphics technologies.

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On drawings, abbr. for “private automatic (telephone) exchange.”

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kyssetavle

Français (French)
n. - (Relig) baiser de paix, (GB) pouce (excl) (arch)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Friedenskuß, (ugs.) Aufruf zum Waffenstillstand

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ειρήνη
int. - Ανακωχή!

Italiano (Italian)
pace, passeggero

Português (Portuguese)
n. - porta-paz (m) (Ecles.)
int. - paz

Русский (Russian)
мир, поцелуй примирения

Español (Spanish)
n. - paz

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - korsfästningsbild (katolsk)
int. - peace! fred!

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
圣像牌, 和平女神, 接吻礼

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 聖像牌, 和平女神, 接吻禮

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 성패, 우정, 평화의 여신

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 聖像牌, 親睦の接吻, 平和, パークス

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שלום, קריאה להפסקת-אש (בריטניה), נשיקת השלום‬

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