texture

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the physical composition of something, especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance

   Breadfruit has the same texture as bread.

2. 2
   noun

   the feel of a surface or a fabric

   the wall had a smooth texture

3. 3
   noun

   the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together

   then another melodic line is added to the texture

4. 4
   noun

   the essential quality of something

   the texture of Neapolitan life

5. 5
   noun

   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.

6. 6
   noun

   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.

7. 7
   noun

   An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface.

   The videocard is responsible for drawing every polygon, texture, and particle effect in every game you play.

8. 8
   noun

   The act or art of weaving.

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

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.