text-, tex-
(Latin: to weave, woven; to structure, to make)
A text without a context is nothing more than a pretext.
textually
1. In a textual manner.
2. Regarding text.
3. Relating to, or based on, a text.
2. Regarding text.
3. Relating to, or based on, a text.
texture
1. The structure of a substance or material; such as, soil or food, especially how it feels when touched or chewed.
2. The rough quality of a surface or fabric: She bought a fabric that has a lot of texture for her dress."
3. The feel and appearance of a surface, especially how rough or smooth it is.
4. The typical and distinctive character of something complex.
5. The way in which an artist depicts the quality or appearance of a surface.
6. The effect of the different components of a piece of music; such as, melody, harmony, rhythm, or the use of different instruments.
7. In computer graphics, surface detail added to images.
2. The rough quality of a surface or fabric: She bought a fabric that has a lot of texture for her dress."
3. The feel and appearance of a surface, especially how rough or smooth it is.
4. The typical and distinctive character of something complex.
5. The way in which an artist depicts the quality or appearance of a surface.
6. The effect of the different components of a piece of music; such as, melody, harmony, rhythm, or the use of different instruments.
7. In computer graphics, surface detail added to images.
tissue
1. A piece of soft absorbent paper that can be used as a handkerchief or a towel.
2. Organic body material in animals and plants made up of large numbers of cells that are similar in form and function and their related intercellular substances.
3. A collection of similar cells and the intercellular substances surrounding them.
5. A thin, finely woven fabric with a gauzy texture.
6. Etymology: a "band or belt of rich material", from Old French tissu, "a ribbon, headband, belt of woven material" (from about 1200); noun use of tissu, "woven, interlaced"; past participle of tistre, "to weave"; from Latin textere, "to weave".
2. Organic body material in animals and plants made up of large numbers of cells that are similar in form and function and their related intercellular substances.
3. A collection of similar cells and the intercellular substances surrounding them.
- epithelium, the cellular layer covering all free surfaces: cutaneous, mucous, and serous; including the glands and other structures derived from them
- connective tissues including adipose tissue, blood, bone, and cartilage
- muscle tissue
- nerve tissue
There are four basic kinds of tissue in the body:
5. A thin, finely woven fabric with a gauzy texture.
6. Etymology: a "band or belt of rich material", from Old French tissu, "a ribbon, headband, belt of woven material" (from about 1200); noun use of tissu, "woven, interlaced"; past participle of tistre, "to weave"; from Latin textere, "to weave".
The biological sense of "tissue" is first recorded in 1831, from French; introduced about 1800 by French anatomist Marie-François-Xavier Bichal (1771-1802).
Tissue-paper is from 1777, supposedly so called because it was made to be placed between tissues to protect them. The meaning of "piece of absorbent paper used as a handkerchief" came from 1929.
videotext
A video communications system which is a communications service linked to an adapted television receiver, or video display terminal, by telephone or cable television lines to allow access to pages of information.
Systems can be one-way, allowing only for the display of selected information, or on-line or interactive, allowing for two-way communication.
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