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TEXTURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)
Example:
a stone of coarse grain
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("texture" is a kind of...):
composition; constitution; make-up; makeup; physical composition (the way in which someone or something is composed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The feel of a surface or a fabric
Example:
the wall had a smooth texture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("texture" is a kind of...):
feel; tactile property (a property perceived by touch)
Attribute:
coarse; harsh (of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles)
fine (of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "texture"):
nap (a soft or fuzzy surface texture)
smoothness (a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch)
raggedness; roughness (a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("texture" is a kind of...):
visual property (an attribute of vision)
Domain category:
beaux arts; fine arts (the study and creation of visual works of art)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "texture"):
grain (the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric)
marbleisation; marbleising; marbleization; marbleizing (a texture like that of marble)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together
Example:
then another melodic line is added to the texture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("texture" is a kind of...):
musicality; musicalness (the property of sounding like music)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The essential quality of something
Example:
the texture of Neapolitan life
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("texture" is a kind of...):
character; lineament; quality (a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb texture
Context examples:
Found in beta-keratin, the main protein in nails, skin, and hair, Cysteine is important in collagen production, as well as skin elasticity and texture.
(Cysteine, NCI Thesaurus)
Women, experiment with new makeup colors and textures.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The health care provider touches and feels the patient's body to examine the size, consistency, texture, location and tenderness of an organ or body part.
(Palpation, NCI Thesaurus)
Several characteristics of each tombstone were recorded, including rock type, length of tombstone exposure (based on date of death), direction of the sampled face (cardinal direction) and surface texture (polished or unpolished).
(Tales from the crypt: Life after death in a graveyard, National Science Foundation)
A semi-solid, viscous in texture, that may be composed of a variety of bases including hydrocarbons, emulsifiers or vegetable oils, and mixed with active and/or inert ingredient(s).
(Ointment Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
As he hung over the coffin, his face was concealed by long locks of ragged hair; but one vast hand was extended, in colour and apparent texture like that of a mummy.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Even the most advanced robots come nowhere near the grasping ability of animals when dealing with objects of varying shapes, sizes and textures.
(Researchers study birds to improve how robots land, National Science Foundation)
Dietary emulsifiers are added to many processed foods to improve texture and extend shelf life.
(Food Additives Alter Gut Microbes, Cause Diseases in Mice, NIH)
The mix of minerals identified from the spectrometer data, including serpentine, talc and carbonate, and the shape and texture of the thick bedrock layers, led to identifying possible seafloor hydrothermal deposits.
(Mars Study Yields Clues to Possible Cradle of Life, NASA)
A disorder characterized by flaky and dull skin; the pores are generally fine, the texture is a papery thin texture.
(Dry Skin, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
