texture

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɛkst͡ʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈtɛkʃt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈtɛkst͡ʃɚ/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈtekst͡ʃə(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -ɛkstʃə(ɹ) === Noun === texture (countable and uncountable, plural textures) The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something. (art) The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts. (computer graphics) An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface. 2004, Will Smith, Maximum PC Guide to Building a Dream PC (page 97) The videocard is responsible for drawing every polygon, texture, and particle effect in every game you play. (obsolete) The act or art of weaving. (obsolete) Something woven; a woven fabric; a web. (biology, obsolete) A tissue. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === texture (third-person singular simple present textures, present participle texturing, simple past and past participle textured) To create or apply a texture. ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === texture (comparative more texture, superlative most texture) (slang) Having an intense texture; with a texture that causes a strong (often positive) reaction. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:texture. ==== See also ==== gender (adjective) === Further reading === “texture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “texture”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French texture, borrowed from Latin textūra (“a weaving, web, texture, structure”), from textus, past participle of texere (“to weave”). See text. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɛk.styʁ/ === Noun === texture f (plural textures) texture ==== Related terms ==== texte === Further reading === “texture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English texture. === Noun === texture f (uncountable) texture == Latin == === Participle === textūre vocative masculine singular of textūrus