Tex
/tɛks/ name, noun
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A milligram per meter, a unit of linear mass density for thread or fiber.
- 2 Alternative form of text. alt-of, alternative, dialectal
"I have walked, […] painting these texes on every wall."
Proper Noun
- 1 A masculine nickname, especially for a Texan.
- 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."
Example
More examples"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.