textureとは

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛkstʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈtɛkʃtʃə(ɹ)/
• 韻: -ɛkstʃə(ɹ)

名詞

texture (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 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. (arts) The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts.

   The piece of music had a mainly smooth texture.

3. (computer graphics) An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface.
   • 2004, Will Smith, Maximum PC Guide to Building a Dream PC (page 97)

     The videocard is responsible for drawing every polygon, texture, and particle effect in every game you play.

4. (obsolete) The act or art of weaving.
   • Sir Thomas Browne

     Skins, although a natural habit unto all before the invention of texture, was something more unto Adam.

5. (obsolete) Something woven; a woven fabric; a web.
   • Thomson

     Others, apart far in the grassy dale, / Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)

6. (biology, obsolete) A tissue.

関連する語

• context
• pretext
• subtext
• texel
• texton
• text
• textual

動詞

texture (三人称単数 現在形 textures, 現在分詞 texturing, 過去形および過去分詞形 textured)

1. to create or apply a texture

   Drag the trowel through the plaster to texture the wall.

Further reading

• texture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• texture in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Latin

Participle

textūre

1. vocative masculine singular of textūrus