texture

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 External links 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle French texture < Latin textura (“‘a weaving, web, texture, structure’”) < texere (“‘to weave’”), pp. textus; see text.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (US)
  • IPA: /ˈtɛkstʃər/
  • SAMPA: /"tEkstS@r/
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[edit] Noun

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,

[edit] Related terms

• context
• pretext
• subtext
• text
• textual

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to 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.

[edit] External links

• texture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• texture in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin textura.

[edit] Noun

texture f. (plural textures)

1. texture