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countable and uncountable, plural textures
The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something. examples
(art) The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts. examples
(computer graphics) An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface. quotations examples
The videocard is responsible for drawing every polygon, texture, and particle effect in every game you play.
2004, Will Smith, Maximum PC Guide to Building a Dream PC (page 97)
(obsolete) The act or art of weaving. quotations
Skins, although a natural habit unto all before the invention of texture, was something more unto Adam.
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […]
(obsolete) Something woven; a woven fabric; a web. quotations
Others, apart far in the grassy dale, / Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave.
1728, James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768
Of richest texture spread
1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,
(biology, obsolete) A tissue.
third-person singular simple present textures, present participle texturing, simple past and past participle textured
To create or apply a texture. examples