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  • Tex.
    Tex.
    abbreviation
    Texan.
  • tex
    tex
    noun
    a unit of weight used to measure the density of yarns. It is equal to 1 gram per 1000 metres

Tex.

American  

abbreviation

  1. Texan.

  2. Texas.


Tex. 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Texan

  2. Texas

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tex 2 British  

noun

  1. a unit of weight used to measure the density of yarns. It is equal to 1 gram per 1000 metres

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of tex

C20: from French, from textile textile

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The Centuries, a tanker carrying about two million barrels of Venezuelan oil, was seized last week and is now headed toward Galveston, Tex., where its oil will be unloaded, officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 25, 2025

In July, Samsung signed a $16.5 billion supply deal with Tesla to make chips at its Taylor, Tex., facility.

From MarketWatch Oct. 25, 2025

She’d sometimes visit the World Champions Centre, her training facility in Katy, Tex., but that wasn’t unusual because her family owns it.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2023

Among large counties, Kaufman County, Tex., a booming exurb of Dallas, had the nation’s fastest-growing Black population, growing by 21 percent — over 6,000 residents — between 2021 and 2022.

From New York Times Jun. 22, 2023

“Pretty fancy,” he said, “but it’s too late for fancy, Tex. Now it’s time for hardball.”

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

“Tex,” on the other hand, is a rich tex.

From Slate Mar. 24, 2019

He has achieved a book that has the tex ture of velvet and the rigor of bright iron.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even as he spoke, the Government was getting ready to stiffen prices by cutting back one major category of imports: tex tiles.

From Time Magazine Archive

The U.S. demand for Italian shoes, Pucci pants and British woolens has lifted imports of clothes and tex tiles this year by 18%, to $853 million.

From Time Magazine Archive

This part of the tex, my brethering, is another figger of speech, and isn't to be taken as it says.

From Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive by Burnett, Alf

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