anex

anex (plural anexes)

1. (US) Alternative spelling of annex
   • 1971 May 5, “Chinese Lead Deals At Own Trade Fair”, in The Baltimore Sun‎, via Newspapers.com, page A2:

     A comprehensive range of China's products, from machine tools and computers to jade ornaments and fireworks, is displayed in the gray, 10-story block building in Central Canton and in two nearby anexes.

   • 1975 May 18, Lackawana County Commissioners, “You've Got Our New Number (advertisement)”, in The Scranton Times-Tribune‎, Scranton, Pennsylvania, via Newspapers.com, page A-8:

     Social Serv. Ofcs., Court House Anex, Scranton

• “C1: Street Suffix Abbreviations”, in Postal Addressing Standards‎, United States Postal Service, 2015 May, page 59

Blend of anion +‎ exchange

anex (plural anexes)

1. (chemistry) An ion exchange of an anion.

   Coordinate terms: catex, ionex

   • 1968 March 25, Karlheinz W. R. Schoenrock, “Observations on the Absorbancy of Sugar Solution”, in Journal of the American Society of Sugar Beet Technologists‎, volume 15, page 390:

     Further treatment of the type 50 syrup over the Cl⁻ form of a strong base anex resin elevated the attenuation index of the syrup over that for the original sugar.

• (ion exchange of an anion): anion exchange

• Xena, axen

Borrowed from French annexe.

anex m or n (feminine singular anexă, masculine plural anecși, feminine and neuter plural anexe)

1. annex (attributive)