tex

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/tɛks//tɛx//tɛk/

noun

A milligram per meter, a unit of linear mass density for thread or fiber.

OriginAncient Greek τέχνη →
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Meanings

tex1

nountex (plural texes)

plural texes

  1. A milligram per meter, a unit of linear mass density for thread or fiber.

tex2

nountex (plural texes)

plural texes

  1. alternativedialectalAlternative form of text.

    I have walked, […] painting these texes on every wall.

    1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Tex3

proper noun
  1. A masculine nickname, especially for a Texan.

TeX4

proper noun
  1. computer languagesA digital typesetting system used primarily for the formatting of mathematical formulae.

    TFFI-mode makes it possible for BibTeX to work on plain TeX documents as well.

    1986, Jacques Desarmenien, TEX for Scientific Documentation: Second European Conference, Strasbourg, France, June 19-21, 1986. Proceedings, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 41

Origin

tex · noun

See text.

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TeX · proper noun

  1. Ancient Greekτέχνη
  2. EnglishTeX

The letters of the name are meant to represent the capital Greek letters Τ (tau), Ε (epsilon), and Χ (chi), as TeX is an abbreviation of Ancient Greek τέχνη (tékhnē), which is also the root word of technical.

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Translations

Finnish tex
  • texunit of linear mass density for thread or fiber
Indonesian teks
  • teksunit of linear mass density for thread or fiber
Japanese テックス
  • テックス (tekkusu)unit of linear mass density for thread or fiber
Polish teks
  • teksunit of linear mass density for thread or fiber
Swedish tex
  • texunit of linear mass density for thread or fiber

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tex

xsexcomplexexspecsannexflexrexhexxxxxlexbxcodexCSXvextranssexperplexJexprexkexintertexClexcryptexfecks
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Sounds the same

techstech

Anagrams

ext
Cite this entry
APA

tex. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tex

MLA

“tex.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tex. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tex,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tex.

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