texture
See also: texturé
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French texture, borrowed from Latin textura (“a weaving, web, texture, structure”), from textus, past participle of texere (“to weave”). See text.
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɛkstʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈtɛkʃtʃə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɛkstʃə(ɹ)
Noun
texture (countable and uncountable, plural textures)
- 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.
- (art) The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts.
- The piece of music had a mainly homophonic texture.
- (computer graphics) An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface.
- 2004, Will Smith, Maximum PC Guide to Building a Dream PC (page 97)
- The videocard is responsible for drawing every polygon, texture, and particle effect in every game you play.
- 2004, Will Smith, Maximum PC Guide to Building a Dream PC (page 97)
- (obsolete) The act or art of weaving.
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- Skins, although a natural habit unto all before the invention of texture, was something more unto Adam.
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- (obsolete) Something woven; a woven fabric; a web.
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- Others, apart far in the grassy dale, / Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave.
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- (Can we date this quote by Thomson and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (biology, obsolete) A tissue.
Related terms
Translations
feel or shape of a surface or substance
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art: quality produced by interaction of elements
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computer graphics: image applied to a polygon
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Verb
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Further reading
- “texture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “texture”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French
Etymology
From Middle French texture, borrowed from Latin textura (“a weaving, web, texture, structure”), from textus, past participle of texere (“to weave”). See text.
Pronunciation
Noun
texture f (plural textures)
Related terms
Further reading
- “texture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Participle
(deprecated template usage) textūre
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