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Meaning of "open texture" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OPEN TEXTURE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OPEN TEXTURE

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Open texture is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OPEN TEXTURE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Open texture

Open texture is a term in the philosophy of Friedrich Waismann, first introduced in his paper Verifiability to refer to the universal possibility of vagueness in empirical statements. The concept has become important in criticism of verificationism and has also found use in legal philosophy.

Definition of open texture in the English dictionary

The definition of open texture in the dictionary is the failure of natural languages to determine future usage, particularly the ability of predicates to permit the construction of borderline cases.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OPEN TEXTURE

open punctuation
open question
open sandwich
open scholarship
open season
open secret
open sentence
open sesame
open set
open shop
open side
open slather
open source
open string
open system
open ticket
Open University
open up
open verdict
open vowel

WORDS THAT END LIKE OPEN TEXTURE

admixture
adventure
affixture
Bordeaux mixture
commixture
contexture
cough mixture
dolly mixture
fixture
freezing mixture
gas fixture
heather mixture
immixture
intermixture
intertexture
lighting fixture
mixture
prefixture
remixture
retexture
texture

Synonyms and antonyms of open texture in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «open texture» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OPEN TEXTURE

Find out the translation of open texture to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of open texture from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «open texture» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

开放结构
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

textura abierta
570 millions of speakers

English

open texture
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खुला बनावट
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الملمس مفتوحة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

открыт текстуры
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

textura aberta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মুক্ত পদ্ধতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

texture ouverte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sistem terbuka
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

offene Textur
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オープンテクスチャ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오픈 텍스처
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mbukak sistem
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kết cấu mở
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திறந்த அமைப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओपन सिस्टम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sistemi aç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

struttura aperta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

otwarta struktura
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відкритий текстури
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

textură deschis
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανοιχτή υφή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oop tekstuur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

öppen struktur
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

åpen struktur
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of open texture

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OPEN TEXTURE»

The term «open texture» is normally little used and occupies the 142.696 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OPEN TEXTURE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «open texture» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «open texture» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about open texture

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPEN TEXTURE»

Discover the use of open texture in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to open texture and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Athens and Athenian Democracy
My reference to Hart's 'open texture' has met with criticism from Harris and, to a lesser extent, Carey. According to Harris (1994: n. 16, cf. 2006: 385 n. 26), ' Osborne (pp. 43–4) seriously misuses Hart's term “open texture”, which is relevant only ...
Robin Osborne, 2010
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Meaning and Use
OPEN TEXTURE 1. The concept of open texture was invoked by Waismann to revoke verificationism.1 Empirical terms, so his argument goes, are essentially open-ended: no set of rules can determine their application for all possible situations ...
A. Margalit, 2005
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Musical Performance: A Philosophical Study
Consider two well-known views; namely, the 'open texture' and 'institutional' theories of art.7 On either view, the program-driven performance can be accommodated within or excluded from the artworld depending upon certain prevailing ...
Stanley Godlovitch, 1998
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Vagueness
Even if we could, it might be added, the terms in which we made the stipulations would themselves have open texture. Waismann tries to use the open texture of statements about physical objects to explain why they cannot be translated into ...
Timothy Williamson, 2002
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Defeasibility in Philosophy: Knowledge, Agency, ...
As long as law is written and understood in language, then the characteristics of language infuse law as well. Law is thus open-textured, and necessarily so, just because of the ineliminable open texture of language, but this conclusion does ...
Claudia Blöser, Mikae Janvid, Hannes Ole Matthiessen, 2013
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Information Technology and Lawyers: Advanced Technology in ...
Open texture was a concept first introduced by Waismann (1951) to assert that empirical concepts are necessarily indeterminate. To use his example, we may define gold as that substance which has spectral emission lines X, and is coloured ...
Arno R. Lodder, Anja Oskamp, 2006
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The Logic of Legal Requirements: Essays on Defeasibility
Brian H. Bix* Introduction H.L.A. Hart introduced the idea of 'open texture' into Anglo-American analytical jurisprudence. By that concept, Hart referred to the way that the terms in norms (legal and otherwise) can seem certain in a large class of ...
Jordi Ferrer Beltrán, Giovanni Battista Ratti, 2012
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The Logic of Legal Requirements: Essays on Defeasibility
Brian H. Bix* Introduction H.L.A. Hart introduced the idea of 'open texture' into Anglo-American analytical jurisprudence. By that concept, Hart referred to the way that the terms in norms (legal and otherwise) can seem certain in a large class of ...
Jordi Ferrer Beltrán, Giovanni Battista Ratti, 2012
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Intertwinements of Law and Medicine
This is a most fascinating implication of H.L.A.Hart's argument about the 'open texture of the law"1 His argument is closely related to the described mechanistic thought pattern. However, Hart intends to develop a position between mechanistic ...
Jan M. Broekman, 1996
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The Logic of Liberal Rights: A Study in the Formal Analysis ...
Open texture Another central theme in legal theory concerns open texture and indeterminacy in legal norms. For Hart, the two terms are related: Whichever device, precedent or legislation, is chosen for the communication of standards of  ...
Eric Heinze, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OPEN TEXTURE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term open texture is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sunday Food: Wensleydale Cheese
... to be used instead, and the character of the cheese began to change. A little ewes' milk was still mixed in since it gave a more open texture, ... «Firedoglake, Jul 15»
2
Boston Early Music Festival shines in Monteverdi's Vespers
The closing Magnificat, however, had an open texture, and everything fell into place. That made it easy to understand why Monteverdi's ... «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
3
Rousset to leave 28°-50° and Texture
... Blanc's Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons in Oxford as head sommelier and head chef and went on to open Texture in Marylebone in 2007. «The Drinks Business, May 15»
4
The apophatic poetry of André du Bouchet.
... to hover on the edge of script, but those tensions in the drawing are created by the lines, which are entirely responsible for the open texture. «The Fortnightly Review, Apr 15»
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More March madness: A Wisconsin cheese bracket
He said it's “fruity” and “bright,” with an “open texture.” Schroeder and his counterpart at the co-op's east side location came up with the list of 32 ... «Madison.com, Mar 15»
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The One Show trophy is now in pride of place back on display in the …
When asked how the Lincolnshire sausage open texture is created, Emma said: “We are 5th generation farmers and butchers and we make our ... «Worksop Today, Dec 14»
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The One Show presents Uncle Henry's with award for Lincolnshire …
When asked how the Lincolnshire sausage open texture is created, Emma said: "We are fifth generation farmers and butchers and we make ... «Scunthorpe Telegraph, Nov 14»
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Harvey Steiman
Even its Shiraz has more clarity and open texture than most, and somewhat lower alcohol levels. I have always liked the crisp Rieslings from ... «Wine Spectator, Nov 14»
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Pour a dessert wine and bake up these moist, homey, seasonal …
This is rich, sweet and expressive, deftly balancing apricot, honey and clotted cream flavors against an open texture and refined acidity. Lingers ... «Wine Spectator, Oct 14»
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Metro Detroit's first toast bar pops up in Midtown
In general, Victor and Perrault say, the best toasts are made with thick slices of artisan breads — especially ones with a rustic, open texture that ... «Detroit Free Press, Oct 14»

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