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texel

/ˈtɛk.səl/US/ˈtɛk.səl/

texel noun: an image representing the smallest unit of a texture that may be repeated to tile a region of the display.

Noun (1)

texel (plural texels)

  1. An image representing the smallest unit of a texture that may be repeated to tile a region of the display.

Proper noun capitalized: Texel

Texel

  1. An island of the Netherlands, an island of North Holland.

Noun (2) capitalized: Texel

Texel (plural Texels)

  1. A domestic sheep of a heavily-muscled breed originally from the island of Texel.

Forms of texel

pluraltexels
pluralTexels

Origin of texel

Blend of texture + element, by analogy with pixel.

Words formed from texel

Words that rhyme with texel

Questions about texel

What does texel mean?
Texel means an image representing the smallest unit of a texture that may be repeated to tile a region of the display.
What part of speech is texel?
Texel can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce texel?
Texel is pronounced /ˈtɛk.səl/.
What is the plural of texel?
The plural of texel is texels.

Words near texel in the dictionary

  1. Texasweed
  2. Texcoco
  3. texed
  4. Texeira
  5. Texeiras
  6. texel
  7. texels
  8. texes
  9. Texhoma
  10. Texian
  11. Texians

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