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• n  the feel of a surface or a fabric
  the wall had a smooth texture
• n  the essential quality of something
  the texture of Neapolitan life
• n  the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together
  then another melodic line is added to the texture
• n  the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality
• n  the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)
  breadfruit has the same texture as bread
  fish with a delicate flavor and texture

• Ferran Adria has won the adulation of food critics and cooks by whipping up startling combinations of texture, temperature and taste: bite-size cuttlefish ravioli that explode in a .
• Right now she's not as concerned about flavor or texture--although those are important--as she is about architecture.
• The good lies in Leone's camera workexpertly combining color and composition, with sharp attention to the details of shape and texture that are available when shooting on .

• grain

News & Articles

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• CDOT Updates Concrete Texture Specification, Improves Driver Experience
  Pavement engineering firm The Transtec Group reports on the Colorado Department of Transportation's recently updated pavement texture specification. (PRWeb June 13, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10829316.htm
  June 13, 2013 - PRWeb
• Review: Genoan guitarist Beppe Gambetta’s show oozes charm and virtuosity
  Being a solo musician is a difficult proposition. Without the benefit of band mates to add variety and texture to a show, keeping an audience’s attention can be tricky at best, next to impossible at worst.
  June 13, 2013 - Chattanooga Times Free Press
• Lab Rat: An Attempt to Give Straight Hair Boho Texture
  Those of us born with stick straight hair need a slew of products and heat tools to get that slightly wavy, music-festival feel. AG Hair Cosmetic's newest Texture Spray (available in August) is supposed to give follicles that "model off-duty look" (their words) with just a few spritzes. Per the ... More »
  June 10, 2013 - New York Magazine

Quotes

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• Will Ferrell in Washington Post
  If it feels like there's a fun way to comment, you find those little moments, otherwise it should fit in the texture of the film,said Ferrell.
• Trent Reznor in NME.com
  Speaking of the release and the artwork, Reznor explained: "It's the result of working from a visual perspective - coating imagined locations and scenarios with sound and texture; a soundtrack for daydreams."
• Christopher Nolan in MSNBC
  The corrupted clown face is built into the icon of the Joker, but we gave a Francis Bacon spin to it. This corruption, this decay in the texture of the look itself. It's grubby. You can almost imagine what he smells like,Nolan said.