Lexic.us

Definition of Texture

1. Noun. The feel of a surface or a fabric. "The wall had a smooth texture"

2. Noun. The essential quality of something. "The texture of Neapolitan life"

3. Noun. The musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together. "Then another melodic line is added to the texture"

4. Noun. The characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality.

5. Noun. The physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance). "A stone of coarse grain"

Definition of Texture

1. n. The act or art of weaving.

2. v. t. To form a texture of or with; to interweave.

Definition of Texture

1. Noun. The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something. ¹

2. Noun. (arts) The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts. ¹

3. Noun. (computer graphics) An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface, ¹

4. Verb. to create or apply a texture ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Texture

1. to make by weaving [v -TURED, -TURING, -TURES]

Medical Definition of Texture

1. 1. The act or art of weaving. 2. That which woven; a woven fabric; a web. "Others, apart far in the grassy dale, Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave." (Thomson) 3. The disposition or connection of threads, filaments, or other slender bodies, interwoven; as, the texture of cloth or of a spider's web. 4. The disposition of the several parts of any body in connection with each other, or the manner in which the constituent parts are united; structure; as, the texture of earthy substances or minerals; the texture of a plant or a bone; the texture of paper; a loose or compact texture. 5. A tissue. See Tissue. Origin: L. Textura, fr. Texere, textum, to weave: cf. F. Texture. See Text. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Texture

textualized textualizes textualizing textuall textually textuaries textuarist textuarists textuary textuel

textuist textuists texturable textural texturally texture (current term) texture map texture mapped texture mapping texture maps

textured texturedness textureless texturelessness textures texturing texturisation texturise texturised texturises

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