Texture may refer to:
Science and technology
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Surface texture, the texture means smoothness, roughness, or bumpiness of the surface of an object
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Texture (roads), road surface characteristics with waves shorter than road roughness
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Texture (cosmology), a theoretical topological defect in the structure of spacetime
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Texture (crystalline)
In physical chemistry and materials science, texture is the distribution of crystallographic orientations of a polycrystalline sample (it is also part of the geological fabric). A sample in which these orientations are fully random is said to ha ...
, material's individual crystallites sharing some degree of orientation
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Texture (geology), a physical appearance or character of a rock
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Texture mapping
Texture mapping is a method for mapping a texture on a computer-generated graphic. Texture here can be high frequency detail, surface texture, or color.
History
The original technique was pioneered by Edwin Catmull in 1974.
Texture mappi ...
, a bitmap image applied to a surface in computer graphics
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Soil texture, a relative proportion of grain sizes of a soil
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Scalar field
In mathematics and physics, a scalar field is a function associating a single number to every point in a space – possibly physical space. The scalar may either be a pure mathematical number ( dimensionless) or a scalar physical quantity ...
Arts
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Texture (visual arts), an element of design and its application in art
Music
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Texture (music)
In music, texture is how the tempo, melodic, and harmonic materials are combined in a musical composition, determining the overall quality of the sound in a piece. The texture is often described in regard to the density, or thickness, and rang ...
, an overall sound created by the interaction of aspects of a piece of music
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''Textures'' (album), a 1989 album by Brian Eno
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Textures (band)
Textures were a Dutch progressive metalcore band, formed in 2001. Textures' lineup revolved around founding members Jochem Jacobs, Stef Broks, Bart Hennephof, and bassist Remko Tielemans who joined in 2007. Since 2010, vocalist Daniël de Jo ...
, a metal band from the Netherlands, who formed in 2001 in Tilburg
Other uses
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Texture (app), a digital app giving access to magazines
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Food texture or mouthfeel
See also
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