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English

Alternative forms

• textuall (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?k.stju.?l/

Adjective

textual (comparative more textual, superlative most textual)

1. Of or pertaining to text.
   1. Of or pertaining to textuality.
   2. Of or pertaining to text as opposed to other document elements.

      I see that the editor revised the document's metadata, headers, and images, but I don't see any textual changes.

2. Pertaining to text messages, by analogy with sexual: textual harassment, textual intercourse; compare sexting.

Derived terms

Related terms

• contextual
• textuary

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /t?ks.tu?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /teks.tu?al/

Adjective

textual (masculine and feminine plural textuals)

1. textual
2. verbatim, word-for-word

Derived terms

• textualment

Related terms

• text

Further reading

• “textual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Adjective

textual m or f (plural textuais)

1. textual
2. verbatim, word-for-word
3. exact, precise

Derived terms

• textualmente

Related terms

• texto

Further reading

• “textual” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Adjective

textual m or f (plural textuais, comparable)

1. textual
2. exact, precise

Derived terms

• textualmente

Related terms

• texto

Romanian

Etymology

From French textuel

Adjective

textual m or n (feminine singular textual?, masculine plural textuali, feminine and neuter plural textuale)

1. verbatim

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te?s?twal/, [t?e??s?t?wal]

Adjective

textual (plural textuales)

1. textual
2. exact, precise, literal

Derived terms

Related terms

• texto

Further reading

• “textual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French texture, borrowed from Latin text?ra (“a weaving, web, texture, structure”), from textus, past participle of texere (“to weave”). See text. Doublet of tessitura.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?kst??(?)/, /?t?k?t??(?)/
• Rhymes: -?kst??(?)

Noun

texture (countable and uncountable, plural textures)

1. The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something.

2. (art) The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts.

3. (computer graphics) An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface.
   • 2004, Will Smith, Maximum PC Guide to Building a Dream PC (page 97)

     The videocard is responsible for drawing every polygon, texture, and particle effect in every game you play.

4. (obsolete) The act or art of weaving.
5. (obsolete) Something woven; a woven fabric; a web.
   • 1730, James Thomson, Spring

     Others, apart far in the grassy dale, / Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave.
6. (biology, obsolete) A tissue.

Related terms

Translations

Verb

texture (third-person singular simple present textures, present participle texturing, simple past and past participle textured)

1. To create or apply a texture.

   Drag the trowel through the plaster to texture the wall.

Further reading

• texture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• texture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

From Middle French texture, borrowed from Latin text?ra (“a weaving, web, texture, structure”), from textus, past participle of texere (“to weave”). See text.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?k.sty?/

Noun

texture f (plural textures)

1. texture

Related terms

• texte

Further reading

• “texture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Participle

text?re

1. vocative masculine singular of text?rus