texture

---

Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈtɛkstʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈtɛkʃtʃə(ɹ)/

Noun

texture

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. (arts) 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.

3. (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.

4. (obsolete) The act or art of weaving.
   • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica

     Skins, although a natural habit unto all before the invention of texture, was something more unto Adam.

5. (obsolete) Something woven; a woven fabric; a web.
   • 1730, James Thomson, Spring

     Others, apart far in the grassy dale, / Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave.

6. (biology, obsolete) A tissue.

Related terms

• context
• pretext
• subtext
• texel
• texton
• text
• textual
• textural

Translations

• French: texture
• German: Textur
• Russian: строе́ние
• Spanish: textura

Translations

• French: texture

Translations

• French: texture
• German: Textur
• Italian: texture
• Russian: тексту́ра

Verb

texture (textures, present participle texturing; past and past participle textured)

1. to create or apply a texture

   ''Drag the trowel through the plaster to texture the wall.

---

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.005