Pax

Pax or PAX may refer to:

Peace

 * Peace (Latin: pax)
 * Pax (goddess), the Roman goddess of peace
 * Pax, a truce term
 * Pax (liturgy), a salutation in Catholic and Lutheran religious services
 * Pax (liturgical object), an object formerly kissed as a substitute for the Kiss of Peace in the Catholic Mass

Entertainment

 * Pax (1994 film), a Portuguese comedy
 * Pax (2011 film), a Norwegian-Swedish drama
 * PAX (event), or Penny Arcade Expo, a gaming convention
 * Pax (novel), by Sara Pennypacker
 * Pax, a fictional organization in Strange New World and elsewhere by Gene Roddenberry
 * PAX, a side project of the German band X Marks the Pedwalk
 * Pax (album) by Andrew Hill
 * Pax TV, which became Ion Television in 2007

Organizations

 * Pax Christi International, an international Catholic peace movement
 * PAX Association, in Poland
 * Pax Forlag, a Norwegian publishing house
 * PAX Network, a US television network now known as ION Television
 * Pax World Funds, a US mutual fund company
 * Pax Labs, a US manufacturer of vaporizers and the Juul electronic cigarette
 * Pax, a Russian manufacturer of Ferris wheels and other amusement rides
 * Pax Dei: the European Middle Ages Peace and Truce of God movement, an early movement toward addressing and reducing war crimes

Science and technology

 * pax (command), a command line program to read and write file archives
 * PaX, a Linux kernel security patch introduced in 2000
 * Pax genes, a group of genes and their proteins
 * Michelin PAX System, an automotive run-flat tire system
 * Pax, a generic brand of diazepam available in South Africa
 * Pax (spider), a genus of ant spiders
 * auxiliary unit of measurement for the number of passengers in public transportation, shipping and aviation, for guests in the hotel industry and for visitors to events

People

 * Ferdinand Albin Pax (1858–1942), German botanist
 * Ferdinand Albert Pax (1884–1964), German zoologist, son of the previous

Other uses

 * 679 Pax, a minor planet orbiting the Sun
 * Winter Storm Pax, a 2014 storm in the US
 * Name of one of the months of the ancient Maya calendar