TeX

See also: tex and Tex

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛx/, /tɛk/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Homophone: tech

Proper noun

TeX

1. (computer languages) A digital typesetting system used primarily for the formatting of mathematical formulae.
   • 1986, Jacques Desarmenien, TEX for Scientific Documentation: Second European Conference, Strasbourg, France, June 19-21, 1986. Proceedings, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 41:

     TFFI-mode makes it possible for BibTeX to work on plain TeX documents as well.

Derived terms

• LaTeX

Further reading

• TeX on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ext, ext.