Gentile. 1  The word Gentiles means the nations, and eventually came to be used to mean all those not of the house of Israel. It is first used in Genesis with reference to the descendants of Japheth (Gen. 2  The duties of Israelites toward gentiles were defined in the law (Ex. 23: 32; Ex. 34: 12-16; Deut.
Definition of musical texture. 1  The term musical texture is frequently used - analogously with visual and tactile texture - in a rather vague way with reference to the overall sound of a piece of music. Texture is, however, one of the basic elements of music.
1. the characteristic physical structure given to a material, an object, etc., by the size, shape, and arrangement of its parts: soil of a sandy texture. 2. the characteristic structure of the threads, fibers, etc., that make up a textile fabric: coarse texture. 3. essential or characteristic quality; essence. 4. the visual and tactile quality of the surface of a work of art resulting from the way in which the materials are used. 5. the quality given, as to a musical work, by the combination or interrelation of parts or elements.