texture

Meaning

1. The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something.
2. The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts.
3. An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface.
4. (obsolete) The act or art of weaving.
5. (obsolete) Something woven; a woven fabric; a web.
6. (obsolete) A tissue.

grain

weave

sense of touch

textus

rough texture

space between threads

organisation

complex body part

anything woven

physical structure

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɛkst͡ʃə(ɹ)/

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.

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