onyx
Onyx (from ancient Greek ὄνυξ ónyx " claw , fingernail "), in word compositions also onych or onycho- such as z. B. in onychomycosis , referred to:
Geology and geography
- Onyx (mineral) , a variety of agate / quartz - chalcedony
- Onyx marble , mostly colored sedimentary rocks for decorative and artistic applications
- Onyx River , the largest river on the Antarctic continent
- Onyx (crater) , crater on the asteroid (2867) Šteins
Medicine / Pharma
- Onyx LES , trade name for a liquid embolizate based on ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer used in interventional radiology
- Onyx (dermatology) , medical name for a corneal abscess
- Onyx Pharmaceuticals , a former pharmaceutical company that was bought by Amgen in 2013 for approximately $ 10 billion
technology
- Onyx (test software) , software for playing QTI2.1-compliant online tests
- Onyx (Server) , server software written in Java, mainly for the game Trackmania
- Onyx (interception system) , a satellite interception system of the Swiss intelligence service
- SGI Onyx , a workstation from Silicon Graphics
- Onyx (flying robot) , an autonomous paragliding system of the US Air Force
- Onyx, an e-book reader
- Onyx, a concept sports car from the French automaker Peugeot
entertainment
- Onyx (band) , an American hip hop band
- Onyx.tv , a former German television station
- Onyx (label) , classic record label
- The Onyx , one of New York's 52nd Street jazz clubs from the 1930s to 1940s
Others
- Onyx glass , opaque, milky, irregularly colored, multicolored synthetic glass, reminiscent of marble
- Onyx Grand Prix , a former Formula 1 team
- Onyx Sports Cars , British automobile manufacturer
- Onyx (company) , power plant company in Switzerland