"microtexture" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: microtextures [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English micro- Latin textūrabor. Middle French texturebor. English texture English microtexture From micro- + texture. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|micro-|texture|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English micro- Latin textūrabor. Middle French texturebor. English texture English microtexture [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "textūra", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "texture", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "texture", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "microtexture", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="microtexture"> From micro- + texture. Head templates: {{en-noun}} microtexture (plural microtextures)
  1. (crystallography) The set of crystallographic orientations whose components are linked to their individual location in the microstructure.
    Sense id: en-microtexture-en-noun-KEoVQN26 Categories (other): Crystallography, English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 55 45 Topics: chemistry, crystallography, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (computer graphics) A small-scale texture used to produce fine detail.
    Sense id: en-microtexture-en-noun-~2IlT5WP Categories (other): Computer graphics, English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with micro-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with micro-: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 55 45 Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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