x-height
[ eks-hahyt ]
/ ˈɛksˌhaɪt /
noun Typography.
the height of a lowercase x.
Origin of x-height
First recorded in 1945–50
OTHER WORDS FROM x-height
x-high [eks-hahy] /ˈɛksˈhaɪ/, adjectiveWords nearby x-height
x, x,
x-axis,
x-c,
x-chromosome,
x-disease,
x-height,
x-inactivation,
x-irradiate,
x-line,
x-linked,
x-linked gene
British Dictionary definitions for x-height
x-height
noun
printing
the height of lower case letters of a typeface, without ascenders or descenders