texture

noun

1. A distinctive, complex underlying pattern or structure: contexture, fabric, fiber, warp and woof, web. See be.
2. A basic trait or set of traits that define and establish the character of something: being, essence, essentiality, nature, quintessence, substance. See surface/depth.

A term used when referring to the vertical aspect of a musical structure, usually with regard to the way individual parts or voices are put together; it may be described as polyphonic, homophonic etc. The term can also be used of a melodic part, in reference to its shape, its level of activity etc.

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texture, a term used in some modern criticism (especially in New Criticism) to designate those ‘concrete’ properties of a literary work that cannot be subjected to paraphrase, as distinct from its paraphrasable ‘structure’ or abstract argument. The term is applied especially to the particular pattern of sounds used in a poem: its assonance, consonance, alliteration, euphony, and related effects. Often, though, the term also covers diction, imagery, metre, and rhyme.

The tactile and visual quality of a surface or substance other than its color.

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The principal explanatory concept in the corpuscularian natural science of Boyle, and thence Locke. Bodies are conglomerates of corpuscles, but the particular way the corpuscles are linked makes the texture of a body, and explains its powers in the rationally satisfying way that the shape of a lock and a key explain the power of the key to fit the lock.

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In ceramic studies, the term used to describe the uniformity of the fabric used to made a vessel or object.

The structure or constitution of tissues.

The "feel" of a poem that comes from the interweaving of technical elements, syntax, patterns of sound and meaning.

Determined by relative size and distribution of the wood elements. Described as coarse (large elements), fine (small elements) or even (uniform size of elements).

IN BRIEF: The structure, feel, and appearance of something.

Don't just shove food into your mouth. Taste the flavor exploding in your mouth. Appreciate the texture. Honor your food with the time you take. — William Shatner

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tekstur, mønster, prægning
v. tr. - væve, præge

Nederlands (Dutch)
structuur, karakter

Français (French)
n. - (lit) texture, (fig) texture, caractère (de la musique)
v. tr. - texturer

Deutsch (German)
n. - Beschaffenheit, Struktur, Gliederung, Gewebe, Textur
v. - eine besondere Textur geben, weben

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χαρακτηριστική ιδιότητα, υφή, ύφανση, ιδιοσυστασία

Italiano (Italian)
struttura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - textura (f)

Русский (Russian)
текстура, строение (ткани)

Español (Spanish)
n. - textura, consistencia
v. tr. - dar consistencia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - textur, struktur, sammansättning, beskaffenhet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
质地, 肌理, 纹理, 使具有特定结构

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 質地, 肌理, 紋理
v. tr. - 使具有特定結構

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 직물, 직조법, 구조
v. tr. - 직조하다, (무늬를) 짜넣다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - きめ, 織り具合, 生地, 本質

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مادة الشئ او جوهره, قماش‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮המראה או התחושה של חומר, משזר, מטווה, מארג, מבנה או מרקם החומר, איכות קול, איכות של קטע כתוב, אופי או איכות‬
v. tr. - ‮הקנה אופי או איכות של‬

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