(n.) The shading and surface features of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional object. In addition to being an image, a texture map can be a procedure calculated from formulas.
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(n.) The shading and surface features of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional object. In addition to being an image, a texture map can be a procedure calculated from formulas.