Questions tagged [meaning]

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Is mathbb an abbreviation for something?

What does mathbb stand for? Is it short for something else? I searched online and couldn't find a definition, only information about usage.
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What does 'scaled' in 'scaled point' mean?

As a non-English speaker, I'm confused with it when I want to translate the term scaled point: A scaled point is of fixed size. It could not be scaled up or down. Why it is called a scaled point?
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What is latxpar?

I read this sentence: Note that it is not mandatory to specify both the plus and the minus values, but if you do, latxpar must be placed before minus. ... here: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Lengths#Length_manipulation I googled latxpar but…