Category:Texture

Tex"ture, n. Etym: [l. textura, fr. texere, textum, to weave: cf. F. Texture. See text.]

1. The act or art of weaving. [r.] Sir t. Browne.

2. That which woven; a woven fabric; a web. Milton. Others, apart far in the grassy dale, or roughening waste, their Humble texture weave. Thomson.

3. The disposition or connection of threads, filaments, or other Slender bodies, interwoven; as, the texture of cloth or of a spider's Web.

4. The disposition of the several parts of any body in connection With each other, or the manner in which the constituent parts are United; structure; as, the texture of earthy substances or minerals; The texture of a plant or a bone; the texture of paper; a loose or Compact texture.

5. (biol.)

Defn: a tissue. See tissue.

Texture Tex"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Textured; p. pr. & vb. n. Texturing.]

Defn: to form a texture of or with; to interweave. [r.]