texture

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French texture, borrowed from Latin textūra (“a weaving, web, texture, structure”), from textus, past participle of texere (“to weave”). See text. Doublet of tessitura.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛkst͡ʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈtɛkʃt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɛkstʃə(ɹ)

Noun

texture (countable and uncountable, plural textures)

1. The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something.

2. (art) The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts.

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.
5. (obsolete) Something woven; a woven fabric; a web.
6. (biology, obsolete) A tissue.

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Verb

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

1. To create or apply a texture.

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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

Inherited from Middle French texture, borrowed from Latin textūra (“a weaving, web, texture, structure”), from textus, past participle of texere (“to weave”). See text.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛk.styʁ/

Noun

texture f (plural textures)

1. texture

Related terms

• texte

Further reading

• “texture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English texture.

Noun

texture f (uncountable)

1. texture

Latin

Participle

textūre

1. vocative masculine singular of textūrus