[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

latex \la"tex\, n. l.
   1. bot. a milky or colored juice in certain plants in
      cavities called latex cells or latex tubes. it contains
      the peculiar principles of the plants, whether aromatic,
      bitter, or acid, and in many instances yields caoutchouc
      upon coagulation. the lattex of the india rubber plant
      produces the rubber of commerce on coagulation.
      1913 webster +pjc

   2. chem. any aqueous emulsion of finely divided rubber or
      plastic particles, especially such an emulsion used as a
      base for paint; as, a latex paint.
      pjc

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

latex
     n 1: a milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on
          exposure to air
     2: a water-base paint having a latex binder syn: latex paint,
         rubber-base paint
     also: latices pl
see also:
latex paint rubber-base paint latices 

[3] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

latex
     
         lamport tex leslie lamport
        's document preparation system built on
        top of tex.  latex was developed at sri international's
        computer science laboratory and was built to resemble
        scribe.
     
        latex adds commands to simplify typesetting and lets the user
        concentrate on the structure of the text rather than on
        formatting commands.
     
        bibtex is a latex package for bibliographic citations.
     
        lamport's latex book has an exemplary index listing every
        symbol, concept and example in the book.  the index in the,
        now obsolete, first edition includes on page 221 the
        mysterious entry "gilkerson, ellen, 221".  the second edition
        1994 has an entry for "infinite loop" instead.
     
        "latex, a document preparation system", leslie lamport, a-w
        1986, isbn 0-201-15790-x first edition, now obsolete.
     
        1997-11-17
     
     
see also:
tex sri international scribe bibtex 

Latex >> L Words
Latex, definition of term: Latex
latex_pag1.html

Latex Paint >> L Words
Latex Paint, definition of term: Latex Paint
latex+paint_pag1.html

LaTeX project: LaTeX – A document preparation system
...LaTeX news. LaTeX documentation. LaTeX3 project. LaTeX articles. ... Getting LaTeX. If you need to know how and where to get LaTeX, please ... ..
http://www.latex-project.org/, score=100, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 11:21 pm

Hypertext Help with LaTeX
... ..
http://www.giss.nasa.gov/latex/, score=95, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 12:02 am

Getting Started with LaTeX
...Introduction to LaTeX. *TeX and LaTeX. *A Typical LaTeX Input File. * ... Producing Simple Documents using LaTeX. *Producing a LaTeX Input File ... ..
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dwilkins/LaTeXPrimer/, score=94, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 2:09 am

Latex Allergy Links - Main Menu
...Association between latex sensitization and repeated latex exposure in ... Paint Hazardous To Latex Allergy Sufferers?. Don Groce Latex Allergy ... ..
http://latexallergylinks.tripod.com/, score=92, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 10:03 pm

Mac-TeX
... ..
http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/, score=92, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 7:48 pm

NIOSH/latex alert
...Avoid contact with latex gloves and other latex-containing products.. ... Composition of Latex. Latex products are manufactured from a milky ... ..
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/latexalt.html, score=92, date indexed=January 23, 2006, 9:15 am

FAQ LaTeX
...Retour à la FAQ LaTeX. Proposition de modification de la FAQ LaTeX :. ... Comment convertir du HTML en LaTeX ?. *Comment convertir du LaTeX en ... ..
http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/FAQ-LaTeX/, score=91, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 6:14 am

AMS-LaTeX
...... AMS-LaTeX" consists of various extensions for LaTeX. AMS-LaTeX is part ... A current working LaTeX system, dated June 1995 or later. LaTeX is not ... ..
http://www.ams.org/tex/amslatex.html, score=91, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 2:45 am

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