[W/K] :: text

  Text \Text\ (t[e^]kst), n. [F. texte, L. textus, texture,
     structure, context, fr. texere, textum, to weave, construct,
     compose; cf. Gr. te`ktwn carpenter, Skr. taksh to cut, carve,
     make. Cf. Context, Mantle, n., Pretext, Tissue,
     Toil a snare.]
     1. A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary
        is written; the original words of an author, in
        distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary.
        --Chaucer.
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     2. (O. Eng. Law) The four Gospels, by way of distinction or
        eminence. [R.]
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     3. A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as
        the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
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              How oft, when Paul has served us with a text,
              Has Epictetus, Plato, Tully, preached! --Cowper.
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     4. Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument,
        literary composition, or the like; topic; theme.
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     5. A style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a
        kind of type used in printing; as, German text.
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     6. That part of a document (printed or electronic) comprising
        the words, especially the main body of expository words,
        in contrast to the illustrations, pictures, charts,
        tables, or other formatted material which contain graphic
        elements as a major component.
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     7. Any communication composed of words.
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     8. a textbook.
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     Text blindness. (Physiol.) See Word blindness, under
        Word.
  
     Text letter, a large or capital letter. [Obs.]
  
     Text pen, a kind of metallic pen used in engrossing, or in
        writing text-hand.
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  Text \Text\, v. t.
     To write in large characters, as in text hand. [Obs.] --Beau.
     & Fl.
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  text
       n 1: the words of something written; "there were more than a
            thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed
            text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct
            the original text" [syn: textual matter]
       2: a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a
          sermon; "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to
          introduce his sermon"
       3: a book prepared for use in schools or colleges; "his
          economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the
          professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy"
          [syn: textbook, text edition, schoolbook, school
          text] [ant: trade book]
       4: the main body of a written work (as distinct from
          illustrations or footnotes etc.); "pictures made the text
          easier to understand"

  215 Moby Thesaurus words for "text":
     abecedarium, abecedary, abstract, acknowledgments, adage,
     advance sheets, advertising matter, alphabet book, ana, analects,
     aphorism, apothegm, argument, arrangement, article, axiom, back,
     back matter, basis, bastard title, battledore, bibliography, book,
     burden, byword, case, casebook, catch line, catchword, chapter,
     clause, collected sayings, colophon, composite reading, concern,
     conflation, consideration, content, contents, contents page,
     continuity, copy, copyright page, critical edition, cue,
     current saying, dedication, dictate, dictum, diplomatic text,
     distich, draft, edited text, edition, endleaf, endpaper, endsheet,
     epigram, errata, essence, exercise book, expression, extract,
     fascicle, flyleaf, focus, focus of attention, focus of interest,
     folio, fore edge, foreword, front matter, fundamentals, gathering,
     gist, gnome, golden saying, gradus, grammar, half-title page, head,
     heading, hornbook, hymnal, hymnbook, idea, imprint, index,
     inscription, instrumental score, introduction, issue, leaf,
     lection, letterpress, libretto, line, lines, living issue,
     lute tablature, main point, makeup, manual, manual of instruction,
     matter, matter in hand, maxim, meat, moral, mot, motif, motive,
     motto, music, music paper, music roll, musical notation,
     musical score, normalized text, notation, number, opera,
     opera score, oracle, orchestral score, page, paragraph, part,
     passage, phrase, piano score, pithy saying, playbook, point,
     point at issue, point in question, precept, preface, preliminaries,
     prescript, primer, printed matter, problem, proverb,
     proverbial saying, proverbs, question, quotation, reader, reading,
     reading matter, recto, rendering, rendition, reverso, rubric,
     running title, saw, saying, scenario, scene plot,
     scholarly edition, schoolbook, score, script, section, sentence,
     sententious expression, sheet, sheet music, shooting script,
     short score, side, signature, sloka, songbook, songster, speller,
     spelling book, stock saying, subject, subject matter,
     subject of thought, substance, subtitle, sutra, t, tablature,
     table of contents, tail, teaching, textbook, theme, title,
     title page, topic, transcript, transcription, trim size, type page,
     variant, verse, version, verso, vocal score, wisdom,
     wisdom literature, wise saying, witticism, word, wording, words,
     words of wisdom, workbook, written music
  
  

  text n. 1. [techspeak] Executable code, esp. a `pure code' portion
     shared between multiple instances of a program running in a multitasking
     OS. Compare English. 2. Textual material in the mainstream sense; data
     in ordinary {ASCII or {EBCDIC} representation (see flat-ASCII).
     "Those are text files; you can review them using the editor." These two
     contradictory senses confuse hackers, too.
  
  

  text
       
          1. Executable code, especially a "pure code" portion shared
          between multiple instances of a program running in a
          multitasking operating system.
       
          Compare English.
       
          2. Textual material in the mainstream sense; data in ordinary
          ASCII or EBCDIC representation (see flat ASCII).  "Those
          are text files; you can review them using the editor."
       
          These two contradictory senses confuse hackers too.
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (1995-03-16)