tex
/tɛx/
tex noun: a milligram per meter, a unit of linear mass density for thread or fiber. Also the alternative form of text.
Noun
tex (plural texes)
Proper noun (1) capitalized: TeX
TeX
- 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.1986, Jacques Desarmenien, TEX for Scientific Documentation: Second European Conference, Strasbourg, France, June 19-21, 1986. Proceedings, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 41
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Tex
IPA/tɛks/
Tex
Also used as
tex is also the alternative form of text.
tex meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
tex in Hindi
- टेक्स
tex in Tamil
- டெக்ஸ்
tex in Bengali
- টেক্স
tex in Telugu
- టెక్స్
More languagesFewer languages
- tex in Malayalam
- ടെക്സ്
- tex in Kannada
- ಟೆಕ್ಸ್
- tex in Indonesian
- teks
Forms of tex
| plural | texes |
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Origin of tex
See text.
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.
Words formed from tex
Words that rhyme with tex
Questions about tex
- What does tex mean?
- Tex means a milligram per meter, a unit of linear mass density for thread or fiber.
- What is tex in Hindi?
- Tex in Hindi is टेक्स. See Tex meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tex?
- Tex can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce tex?
- Tex is pronounced /tɛx/.
- What is the plural of tex?
- The plural of tex is texes.
Words near tex in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tex (page history and authors); TeX (page history and authors); Tex (page history and authors); tex (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tex (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tex (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tex (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tex (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tex (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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