Definitions for tex
tex

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Texnoun

   A masculine nickname, especially for a Texan.

2. texnoun

   A milligram per meter, a unit of linear mass density for thread or fiber.

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. TeX

   TeX is a typesetting system designed and mostly written by Donald Knuth and released in 1978. Within the typesetting system, its name is formatted as TeX. Together with the Metafont language for font description and the Computer Modern family of typefaces, TeX was designed with two main goals in mind: to allow anybody to produce high-quality books using a reasonably minimal amount of effort, and to provide a system that would give exactly the same results on all computers, now and in the future. TeX is a popular means by which to typeset complex mathematical formulae; it has been noted as one of the most sophisticated digital typographical systems in the world. TeX is popular in academia, especially in mathematics, computer science, economics, engineering, physics, statistics, and quantitative psychology. It has largely displaced Unix troff, the other favored formatter, in many Unix installations, which use both for different purposes. It is also used for many other typesetting tasks, especially in the form of LaTeX and other template packages. The widely used MIME type for TeX is application/x-tex. TeX is free software.

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. TeX

   An extremely powerful macro-based text formatter written by Donald E. Knuth, very popular in the computer-science community (it is good enough to have displaced Unix troff, the other favored formatter, even at many Unix installations). TeX fans insist on the correct (guttural) pronunciation, and the correct spelling (all caps, squished together, with the E depressed below the baseline; the mixed-case ‘TeX’ is considered an acceptable kluge on ASCII-only devices). Fans like to proliferate names from the word ‘TeX’ — such as TeXnician (TeX user), TeXhacker (TeX programmer), TeXmaster (competent TeX programmer), TeXhax, and TeXnique. See also CrApTeX.Knuth began TeX because he had become annoyed at the declining quality of the typesetting in volumes I--III of his monumental Art of Computer Programming (see Knuth, also bible). In a manifestation of the typical hackish urge to solve the problem at hand once and for all, he began to design his own typesetting language. He thought he would finish it on his sabbatical in 1978; he was wrong by only about 8 years. The language was finally frozen around 1985, but volume IV of The Art of Computer Programming is not expected to appear until 2007. The impact and influence of TeX's design has been such that nobody minds this very much. Many grand hackish projects have started as a bit of toolsmithing on the way to something else; Knuth's diversion was simply on a grander scale than most.TeX has also been a noteworthy example of free, shared, but high-quality software. Knuth offers a monetary award to anyone who found and reported bugs dating from before the 1989 code freeze; as the years wore on and the few remaining bugs were fixed (and new ones even harder to find), the bribe went up. Though well-written, TeX is so large (and so full of cutting edge technique) that it is said to have unearthed at least one bug in every Pascal system it has been compiled with.

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2. TEX

   What does TEX stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the TEX acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TEX

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tex is ranked #108199 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Tex surname appeared 164 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tex.
   
   76.2% or 125 total occurrences were White.
   9.1% or 15 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   6.1% or 10 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   5.4% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Anagrams for tex »

1. ext

2. ext.

How to pronounce tex?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tex in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tex in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of tex in a Sentence

1. Courtesy José Ralat Ralat:

   That Austin is a Tex Mex town that historically has not had diversity until recently, for example, they like to claim breakfast tacos. Breakfast tacos did n’t come to That Austin until the ’80s. Meanwhile, in the ‘ 50s and earlier, they were being eaten in the Rio Grande Valley, on the border with Mexico City-style, and in San Antonio.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tex
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=tex
3. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Tex
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html