Associations to the word «Texture»

Wiktionary

TEXTURE, noun. The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something.
TEXTURE, noun. (arts) The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts.
TEXTURE, noun. (computer graphics) An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface,
TEXTURE, noun. (obsolete) The act or art of weaving.
TEXTURE, noun. (obsolete) Something woven; a woven fabric; a web.
TEXTURE, noun. (biology) (obsolete) A tissue.
TEXTURE, verb. To create or apply a texture
TEXTURE MAP, noun. (computer graphics) A matrix of data, representing texture, added to a polygon or polyhedron in the process of texture mapping
TEXTURE MAP, verb. (computer graphics) To map a texture to a three-dimensional model.
TEXTURE MAPPED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of texture map
TEXTURE MAPPING, verb. Present participle of texture map
TEXTURE MAPS, noun. Plural of texture map
TEXTURE MAPS, verb. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of texture map

Dictionary definition

TEXTURE, noun. The feel of a surface or a fabric; "the wall had a smooth texture".
TEXTURE, noun. The essential quality of something; "the texture of Neapolitan life".
TEXTURE, noun. The musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together; "then another melodic line is added to the texture".
TEXTURE, noun. The characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality.
TEXTURE, 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"; "sand of a fine grain"; "fish with a delicate flavor and texture"; "a stone of coarse grain".

Wise words

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