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mex

mex noun: the mex of a subset of a well-ordered set is the smallest value from the whole set that does not belong to the subset.

Noun (1)

mex

  1. The mex of a subset of a well-ordered set is the smallest value from the whole set that does not belong to the subset.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Mex

Mex (uncountable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Mex..
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Mexican cuisine.
  3. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Mexican peso.

Noun (2) capitalized: Mex

Mex

  1. (abbreviation, clipping) Clipping of Mexican.
    • I ran up, pulling my gun. The Mex was flat on his face, his arms stretched out. On the middle of his back knelt my one-armed friend. And that sharp hook was caught neatly under the point of the Mexican's jaw. You bet he lay still.1907, Stewart Edward White, chapter 11, in Arizona Nights
    • […]groups of Mex chicks swaggered around in slacks; […]1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC

Proper noun (2) capitalized: MEX

MEX

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Mexico: a state of Mexico.

Origin of mex

Shortening of minimum excluded value.

Questions about mex

What does mex mean?
Mex means the mex of a subset of a well-ordered set is the smallest value from the whole set that does not belong to the subset.
What part of speech is mex?
Mex can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near mex in the dictionary

  1. mews up
  2. mewses
  3. Mewshaw
  4. Mewuk
  5. Mewuks
  6. mex
  7. Mex.
  8. Mexamerica
  9. Mexamerican
  10. Mexamericans
  11. mexamine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mex (page history and authors); Mex (page history and authors); MEX (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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