texture

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle French texture, borrowed from Latin textura (a weaving, web, texture, structure), from texere (to weave), past participle textus; see text.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

texture (plural textures)

  1. The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something.
    The beans had a grainy, gritty texture in her mouth.
  2. (art) The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts.
    The piece of music had a mainly smooth texture.
  3. (computer graphics) An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface,

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Verb [edit]

texture (third-person singular simple present textures, present participle texturing, simple past and past participle textured)

  1. to create or apply a texture
    Drag the trowel through the plaster to texture the wall.

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French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle French texture, from Latin textura (a weaving, web, texture, structure), from texere (to weave), past participle textus; see text.

Noun [edit]

texture f (plural textures)

  1. texture