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Tex.

American  

abbreviation

  1. Texan.

  2. Texas.


Tex. 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Texan

  2. Texas

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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

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Etymology

Origin of tex

C20: from French, from textile textile

Example Sentences

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Siemens has a Plano, Tex.-based subsidiary that makes software for industrial and engineering applications.

From MarketWatch

Among other honors, he won the Scripps Howard Foundation Ernie Pyle prize for his war coverage, the Chicago Journalists Association Daniel Pearl Award for career achievement and the Tex McCrary prize from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society for career coverage of the military.

From The Wall Street Journal

Alphabet’s Waymo rolled into more cities, Amazon’s Zoox started taking riders off wait lists in Las Vegas and San Francisco and Tesla’s robotaxis hit the streets of Austin, Tex.

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

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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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