texture map

noun

A matrix of data, representing texture, added to a polygon or polyhedron in the process of texture mapping

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Meanings

nountexture map (plural texture maps)

plural texture maps

  1. computer graphicsA matrix of data, representing texture, added to a polygon or polyhedron in the process of texture mapping
verbtexture map (third-person singular simple present texture maps, present participle texture mapping, simple past and past participle texture mapped)

present singular third person texture maps · participle present texture mapping · participle past texture mapped · past texture mapped

  1. computer graphicsTo map a texture to a three-dimensional model.
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APA

texture map. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/texture%20map

MLA

“texture map.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/texture%20map. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “texture map,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/texture%20map.

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