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textures

textures is the plural of texture.

textures is the third-person singular simple present indicative of texture.

Meaning of texture

Noun

texture (countable and uncountable, plural textures)

  1. The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something.
    • The beans had a grainy, gritty texture in her mouth.
  2. The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts.
    • The piece of music had a mainly homophonic texture.
  3. An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface.
    • 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)
  4. (obsolete) The act or art of weaving.
    • 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, […], →OCLC
  5. (obsolete) Something woven; a woven fabric; a web.
    • Others, apart far in the grassy dale, / Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave.a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC
  6. (obsolete) A tissue.

See all 8 meanings of texture

Questions about textures

What is textures the plural of?
Textures is the plural of texture.

Words near textures in the dictionary

  1. textured
  2. textured vegetable protein
  3. texturedness
  4. textureless
  5. texturelessness
  6. textures
  7. texturewise
  8. texturing
  9. texturings
  10. texturisation
  11. texturisations

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