texture

tex·ture  (tkschr)

n.

1. A structure of interwoven fibers or other elements.

2. The distinctive physical composition or structure of something, especially with respect to the size, shape, and arrangment of its parts: the texture of sandy soil; the texture of cooked fish.

3.

a. The appearance and feel of a surface: the smooth texture of soap.

b. A rough or grainy surface quality: Brick walls give a room texture.

4. Distinctive or identifying quality or character: "an intensely meditative poet [who] conveys the religious and cultural texture of time spent in a Benedictine monastery" New York Times.

5. The quality given to a piece of art, literature, or music by the interrelationship of its elements: "The baroque influence in his music is clear here, with the harmonic complexity and texture" Rachelle Roe.

tr.v. tex·tured, tex·tur·ing, tex·tures

To give texture to, especially to impart desirable surface characteristics to: texture a printing plate by lining and stippling it.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin textra, from textus, past participle of texere, to weave; see text.]

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textur·al adj.

textur·al·ly adv.

textured adj.

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texture

Noun

1. the structure, appearance, and feel of a substance: curtains of many textures and colours

2. the overall sound of a piece of music, resulting from the way the different instrumental parts in it are combined: a big orchestra weaving rich textures

Verb

[-turing, -tured]

to give a distinctive texture to (something) [Latin texere to weave]

textural adj

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texture  (tkschr)

The general physical appearance of a rock, especially with respect to the size, shape, size variability, and geometric arrangement of its mineral crystals (for igneous and metamorphic rocks) and of its constituent elements (for sedimentary rocks). A sandstone that forms as part of an eolian (wind-blown) deposit, for example, has a texture that reflects its small, rounded sand grains of uniform size, while a sandstone that formed as part of a fluvial deposit has a texture reflecting the presence of grains of varying sizes, with some more rounded than others.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	texture - the feel of a surface or a fabric; "the wall had a smooth texture" tactile property, feel - a property perceived by touch nap - a soft or fuzzy surface texture smoothness - a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch; "admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs"; "some artists prefer the smoothness of a board" raggedness, roughness - a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
	2.	texture - the essential quality of something; "the texture of Neapolitan life" lineament, character, quality - a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands"
	3.	texture - the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together; "then another melodic line is added to the texture" musicality, musicalness - the property of sounding like music
	4.	texture - the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality visual property - an attribute of vision grain - the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; "saw the board across the grain" marbleisation, marbleising, marbleization, marbleizing - a texture like that of marble beaux arts, fine arts - the study and creation of visual works of art
	5.	texture - 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"; "sand of a fine grain"; "fish with a delicate flavor and texture"; "a stone of coarse grain" grain physical composition, composition, make-up, makeup, constitution - the way in which someone or something is composed

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texture

noun feel, quality, character, consistency, structure, surface, constitution, fabric, tissue, grain, weave, composition

Translations

texture [ˈtɛkstʃəʳ] n → textura

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texture [ˈtɛkstʃəʳ] n → texture f [of skin, paper etc]; grain m

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texture [ˈtɛkstʃəʳ] n → Beschaffenheit f, Struktur f

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texture [ˈtɛkstʃəʳ] n → tessitura; [of skin, paper etc] → struttura