texture
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There are creaky sections with various bits of percussion and tapped string overtones conveying an otherworldly Harry Partch-like texture, the sort of junkyard orchestra that inspired Tom Waits in the 1980s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
"Human eyes and brains are highly sensitive to subtle changes in colour, texture, and other surface characteristics," it says.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Humans can understand how lighting changes surface details, like how angled lighting reveals texture but reduces visible color.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Creaminess, spice, brightness, richness, texture — all layered, all working together.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
If this is all that atoms have, then the qualities that we perceive in the world—colour, taste, smell, sound, texture, temperature—must be by-products of size, shape and movement.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing texture
Earth Science - Middle School
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Structure and Properties of Matter - Middle School
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Rocks and Minerals - Introductory
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