fac·ture (f k ch r)n. The manner in which something, especially a work of art, is made: "the gummy surfaces, spectral smudges and woozy contours that . . . appear in counterpoint to the clear, bright facture that had heretofore been [the artist's] hallmark" (Robert Shorr). [French, from Latin fact  ra, a working or making; see feature.] |
facture [ˈfæktʃə]
n Rare
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) construction
2. workmanship; quality
[from Old French, from Latin factūra]
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