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Tex

//tɛks// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A masculine nickname, especially for a Texan.
  2. 2
    A 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."

Noun
  1. 1
    A milligram per meter, a unit of linear mass density for thread or fiber.
  2. 2
    Alternative form of text. alt-of, alternative, dialectal

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

See text.

Etymology 2

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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