subtexture

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ texture.

Noun

subtexture (plural subtextures)

1. A texture that is part of another texture.
   • 2008, Majid Mirmehdi, Handbook of Texture Analysis, page 281:

     Their modeling can be simplified if they are considered composites of simpler subtextures. After an initial, unsupervised segmentation of the composite texture into subtextures, it can be described at two levels.

Latin

Participle

subtextūre

1. vocative masculine singular of subtextūrus