texture has definitions from the fields of fine art,music
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[ noun ] the feel of a surface or a fabric

Examples

"the wall had a smooth texture"

Used in print

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

Softness is found in crushed textures .

In the tintable group are high and little heels , squared and oval throats , and shantung like textures .

Spectators in white crush textures dip toe and heel in smooth black , navy and taffy tan .

At the left is a pair of dressy straw pumps in a light , but crisp texture .

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

Hindemith 's joust with Weber tunes was a considerably more serious misfortune , for it demands translucent textures , buoyant rhythms , and astringent wit .

2
[ noun ] the essential quality of something

Examples

"the texture of Neapolitan life"

Used in print

(Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)

Into the texture of this tapestry of history and human drama Henrietta , as every artist delights to do , wove strands of her own intuitive insights into human nature and - especially in the remarkable story of the attraction and conflict between two so disparate and fervent characters as this pair - into the relations of men and women : `` In their relations , she was the giver and he the receiver , nay the demander .

(Newton Stallknecht, "Ideas and Literature," in Newton S...)

But the historian of literature need not confine his attention to biography or to stylistic questions of form , `` texture '' , or technique .

Again , he may discover embodied within its texture a theme or idea that has been presented elsewhere and at other times in various ways .

Related terms

quality

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[ noun ] (music) the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together

Examples

"then another melodic line is added to the texture"

Used in print

(High Fidelity, 11:10...)

From the technical standpoint , records differ from live music to the degree that they fail to convey the true color , texture , complexity , range , intensity , pulse , and pitch of the original .

Related terms

musicality

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[ noun ] (fine arts) the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality
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