texture
the visual and especially tactile quality of a surface: rough texture.
the characteristic structure of the interwoven or intertwined threads, strands, or the like, that make up a textile fabric: coarse texture.
the characteristic physical structure given to a material, an object, etc., by the size, shape, arrangement, and proportions of its parts: soil of a sandy texture; a cake with a heavy texture.
an essential or characteristic quality; essence.
Fine Arts.
the characteristic visual and tactile quality of the surface of a work of art resulting from the way in which the materials are used.
the imitation of the tactile quality of represented objects.
the quality given, as to a musical or literary work, by the combination or interrelation of parts or elements.
a rough or grainy surface quality.
anything produced by weaving; woven fabric.
to give texture or a particular texture to.
to make by or as if by weaving.
Origin of texture
1Other words from texture
- tex·tur·al, adjective
- tex·tur·al·ly, adverb
- tex·ture·less, adjective
- non·tex·tur·al, adjective
- non·tex·tur·al·ly, adverb
- re·tex·ture, verb (used with object), re·tex·tured, re·tex·tur·ing.
- sem·i·tex·tur·al, adjective
- sem·i·tex·tur·al·ly, adverb
- un·tex·tur·al, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for texture
/ (ˈtɛkstʃə) /
the surface of a material, esp as perceived by the sense of touch: a wall with a rough texture
the structure, appearance, and feel of a woven fabric
the general structure and disposition of the constituent parts of something: the texture of a cake
the distinctive character or quality of something: the texture of life in America
the nature of a surface other than smooth: woollen cloth has plenty of texture
art the representation of the nature of a surface: the painter caught the grainy texture of the sand
music considered as the interrelationship between the horizontally presented aspects of melody and rhythm and the vertically represented aspect of harmony: a contrapuntal texture
the nature and quality of the instrumentation of a passage, piece, etc
(tr) to give a distinctive usually rough or grainy texture to
Origin of texture
1Derived forms of texture
- textural, adjective
- texturally, adverb
- textureless, adjective
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Scientific definitions for texture
[ tĕks′chər ]
The general physical appearance of a rock, especially with respect to the size, shape, size variability, and geometric arrangement of its mineral crystals (for igneous and metamorphic rocks) and of its constituent elements (for sedimentary rocks). A sandstone that forms as part of an eolian (wind-blown) deposit, for example, has a texture that reflects its small, rounded sand grains of uniform size, while a sandstone that formed as part of a fluvial deposit has a texture reflecting the presence of grains of varying sizes, with some more rounded than others.
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