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Definitions for: Texture
[n] the feel of a surface or a fabric; "the wall had a smooth texture"
[n] (fine arts) the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality
[n] the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together; "then another melodic line is added to the texture"
[n] the essential quality of something; "the texture of Neapolitan life"
Webster (1913) Definition: Tex"ture, n. [L. textura, fr. texere, textum, to
weave: cf. F. texture. See Text.]
1. The act or art of weaving. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
2. That which woven; a woven fabric; a web. --Milton.
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. (Biol.) A tissue. See Tissue.
Tex"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Textured; p. pr. & vb.
n. Texturing.]
To form a texture of or with; to interweave. [R.]
See Also: character, feel, grain, lineament, marbleisation, marbleising, marbleization, marbleizing, musicality, musicalness, nap, quality, roughness, smoothness, tactile property, visual property
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