texture
[ teks-cher ]
/ ˈtɛks tʃər /
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noun
verb (used with object), tex·tured, tex·tur·ing.
to give texture or a particular texture to.
to make by or as if by weaving.
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Origin of texture
1400–50; late Middle English <Latin textūra web, equivalent to text(us) (past participle of texere to weave) + -ūra-ure
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British Dictionary definitions for texture
texture
/ (ˈtɛkstʃə) /
noun
verb
(tr) to give a distinctive usually rough or grainy texture to
Derived forms of texture
textural, adjectivetexturally, adverbtextureless, adjectiveWord Origin for texture
C15: from Latin textūra web, from texere to weave
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Scientific definitions for texture
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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