textural

Variant of texture

texture definition

tex·ture (teks′c̸hər)

noun

  1. Archaic a woven fabric
  2. the character of a woven fabric as determined by the arrangement, size, quality, etc. of the fabric's threads coarse texture, twilled texture
  3. the arrangement of the particles or constituent parts of any material, as wood, metal, etc., as it affects the appearance or feel of the surface; structure, composition, grain, etc.
    1. the tactile surface quality of a work of art, resulting from the artist's technique
    2. the melodic and harmonic relationships of musical materials
  5. basic structure the texture of society

Etymology: ME < L textura < texere, to weave: see technic

transitive verb textured -·tured, texturing -·tur·ing

to cause to have a particular texture

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