See Also: Texture(medicine)
texture(dictionary)
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soil texture(medicine)

texture (iou)



texture noun & verb. LME.
[Latin textura weaving, from text-: see TEXT, -URE.]
A. noun.
The process or art of weaving. LME-E18.
Any structure having the appearance or consistency of woven fabric; a tissue; a web; arch. a woven fabric; cloth. LME.
Browning When the dyer dyes A texture.
Constitution; distinctive nature or quality resulting from composition; mental disposition. Also (Literary Criticism), the quality of a piece of writing, esp. with regard to imagery, alliteration, rhythm, etc.; Music the quality of sound created by the combination of the different elements of a work or passage. E17.
open texture: see OPEN adjective.
J. Moynahan The issues of life and death are fully worked into the very texture of events. Gramophone Schumann was not so expert in handling orchestral textures. Times Literary Supplement Meck propels the narrative through a variety of textures.
The tactile quality or appearance of a surface or substance; the physical or perceived structure and composition of the constituent parts or formative elements of something, as soil, rock, organic tissue, food, etc. M17.
A. Geikie Gneiss is too various in its texture and the rate of its decomposition. A. J. Cronin The skin was of a lovely texture, smooth and tender. Health Shopper Oatbran..and honey toasted to give..a light crunchy texture.
The character, appearance, or tactile quality of a textile fabric as determined by its weave or arrangement of threads. L17.
Country Homes A collection of Coir..in Panama, Boucle and Herringbone textures.
Art. The representation of the tactile quality and nature of a surface. M19.
Ashmolean He..exhibited a reduced version of this group in which the..exquisite textures were even more remarkable.
Comb.: texture brick a roughened or rough-hewn brick.
b. verb trans. Make (as) by weaving (now rare); provide with a distinctive or characteristic texture. Chiefly as TEXTURED adjective. L17.
Hair The hair was then textured on the crown and razored at the nape.
textureless adjective M19.