texturing

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.
4. 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

transitive verb textured, texturing