open texture

British  

noun

1. philosophy the failure of natural languages to determine future usage, particularly the ability of predicates to permit the construction of borderline cases

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open texture

Similar to Cheddar, but of softer body and more open texture.

From The Complete Book of Cheese by Robert Carlton Brown

The cinnabar, as it appears, has accumulated in greatest quantity under impervious rocks such as shales and marls along planes that separate these from underlying rocks of more open texture, mostly limestones.

From Fossil Ice Crystals An Instance of the Practical Value of "Pure Science" by Johan August Udden

Generally speaking all grades of plain colored flannel are piece dyed, the soft open texture of the goods permitting the fibers to absorb the dye as readily in the web as in the yarn.

From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by William H. (William Henry) Dooley

A close, dense body conducts heat or cold; a loose, open texture or cellular mass does not.

From The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars by L. P. Gratacap

If the cheese is kept at high temperatures, the ripening proceeds rapidly; the cheese is short lived, and has a sharp, strong flavor, and generally a more or less open texture.

From Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by Edwin George Hastings