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Texture

Texture Meaning & Definition
Texture Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Texture?

[n] the feel of a surface or a fabric; "the wall had a smooth texture"
[n] (fine arts) the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality
[n] the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together; "then another melodic line is added to the texture"
[n] the essential quality of something; "the texture of Neapolitan life"

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See Also | character | feel | grain | lineament | marbleisation | marbleising | marbleization | marbleizing | musicality | musicalness | nap | quality | roughness | smoothness | tactile property | visual property

Texture In Webster's Dictionary

\Tex"ture\, n. [L. textura, fr. texere, textum, to weave: cf. F. texture. See {Text}.] 1. The act or art of weaving. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. 2. That which woven; a woven fabric; a web. --Milton. Others, apart far in the grassy dale, Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave. --Thomson. 3. The disposition or connection of threads, filaments, or other slender bodies, interwoven; as, the texture of cloth or of a spider's web. 4. The disposition of the several parts of any body in connection with each other, or the manner in which the constituent parts are united; structure; as, the texture of earthy substances or minerals; the texture of a plant or a bone; the texture of paper; a loose or compact texture. 5. (Biol.) A tissue. See {Tissue}.
\Tex"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Textured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Texturing}.] To form a texture of or with; to interweave. [R.]

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