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x-height

[ eks-hahyt ]

noun

, Typography.
  1. the height of a lowercase x.


x-height

noun

  1. printing the height of lower case letters of a typeface, without ascenders or descenders
“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


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Other Words From

  • x-high [eks, -, hahy], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of x-height1

First recorded in 1945–50

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Xerxes IXhosa