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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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Kyle and Stephanie Johnson of Austin, Tex., were visiting the French capital with their 7-year-old son when they were told the museum was closed.

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

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

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The resultant liquid, called hydrolysate, is trucked to a facility outside Port Arthur, Tex., where it is incinerated.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 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

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

Britain has no complete tabulation of its retail establish ments, France of its consumption of tex tiles, Germany of its volume of advertising.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now to understand them words perfect you have got to divide the tex.

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