name
Meaning 1
An island of the Netherlands, an island of North Holland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
texel
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General-American: /ˈtɛk.səl/
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/ˈtɛk.səl/
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rhymes with -ɛksəl
noun
Meaning 2
An image representing the smallest unit of a texture that may be repeated to tile a region of the display.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
A domestic sheep of a heavily-muscled breed originally from the island of Texel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology
Blend of texture + element, by analogy with pixel.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: tekseli — image representing the smallest unit of a texture
- Finnish: kuviointialkio — image representing the smallest unit of a texture
- French: texel — image representing the smallest unit of a texture
- Italian: texel — image representing the smallest unit of a texture
Real reading context