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x-height

x-height noun: the distance between the baseline and midline in a typeface, typically equal to the height of the lower-case letter x.

Noun

x-height (plural x-heights)

  1. The distance between the baseline and midline in a typeface, typically equal to the height of the lower-case letter x.

Forms of x-height

pluralx-heights

Questions about x-height

What does x-height mean?
X-height means the distance between the baseline and midline in a typeface, typically equal to the height of the lower-case letter x.
What part of speech is x-height?
X-height is a noun.
What is the plural of x-height?
The plural of x-height is x-heights.

Words near x-height in the dictionary

  1. x-factor
  2. x-factors
  3. X-Filesy
  4. X-gal
  5. x-hat
  6. x-height
  7. x-heights
  8. X-inactivation
  9. x-ing
  10. x-intercept
  11. x-intercepts

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