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Definition of Texture

1. Noun. The feel of a surface or a fabric. "The wall had a smooth texture"

2. Noun. The essential quality of something. "The texture of Neapolitan life"

3. Noun. The musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together. "Then another melodic line is added to the texture"

4. Noun. The characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality.

5. Noun. The physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance). "A stone of coarse grain"

Definition of Texture

1. n. The act or art of weaving.

2. v. t. To form a texture of or with; to interweave.

Definition of Texture

1. to make by weaving [v -TURED, -TURING, -TURES]

Medical Definition of Texture

1. 1. The act or art of weaving. 2. That which woven; a woven fabric; a web. "Others, apart far in the grassy dale, Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave." (Thomson) 3. The disposition or connection of threads, filaments, or other slender bodies, interwoven; as, the texture of cloth or of a spider's web. 4. The disposition of the several parts of any body in connection with each other, or the manner in which the constituent parts are united; structure; as, the texture of earthy substances or minerals; the texture of a plant or a bone; the texture of paper; a loose or compact texture. 5. A tissue. See Tissue. Origin: L. Textura, fr. Texere, textum, to weave: cf. F. Texture. See Text. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Texture

textile machine textile mill textile screw pine textless texts textual textually textual criticism textual matter textuaries

textuary textural textural texturally texture (current term) texture (current term) textured textureless textures texturing

texturize texturized texturizes texturizing textus text blindness text edition text editor text file te deum

Literary usage of Texture

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1. Mineral Deposits by Waldemar Lindgren (1919)
"texture of Residual and Oxidized Deposits.—In the residual deposits of the zone of oxidation, the ore-bodies are usually very irregular in structure and ..."

2. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"texture OF TOPOGRAPHY. — A study of land forms reveals the fact that their ... Coarse and fine texture do not occur indiscriminately over the earth's ..."

3. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"Skins, although a natural habit unto all before the invention of texture, ... A veil of richest texture wrought she wean. 4. Disposition of the parts of ..."

4. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1892)
"... to be rejected and removed from the top ; similar care should be taken in ordinary practice. The texture Of Rail Heads.—A. Martens* discusses the paper ..."

5. Metamorphic Geology: A Text-book by Charles Kenneth Leith, Warren Judson Mead (1915)
"Color and texture The bauxite varies greatly in color and texture. ... Second in importance is the ore having the texture of the syenite, commonly called ..."

6. Materials of Construction by Harry E. Pulver (1922)
"Grain and texture of Wood.—Depending on the character and arrangement of wood ... Woods may be said to have coarse or fine texture if the elements are large ..."

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