Glossary of textile terms meanings

Abnormal crimp meaning Abraded yarn meaning Abrasion mark meaning Abrasion resistance meaning Absorbance meaning Absorbency meaning Absorption meaning Accelerant meaning Acetate fiber meaning Acetic acid meaning Acetic anhydride meaning Acetone recovery meaning Acetone meaning Acetyl value meaning Acetyl meaning Acetylation meaning Acid dyes meaning Acid recovery meaning Acid resistance meaning Acid-dyeable variants meaning Acidic meaning Acrylic fiber meaning Acrylic resin meaning Acrylonitrile meaning Action stretch meaning Activated carbon meaning Addition polymerization meaning Additive meaning Adhesion promoters meaning Adhesion meaning Adhesive activated yarns meaning Adhesive migration meaning Adhesives meaning Adipic acid meaning Adsorption meaning Advanced composite meaning Aesthetics meaning Affinity meaning Afterglow meaning Aftertreatment meaning Ageing meaning Ager meaning Agglomeration meaning Agitate meaning Air bag meaning Air brushing meaning Air conditioning meaning Air forming meaning Air jet spinning meaning Air permeability meaning Air-laid nonwovens meaning Airplane fabric meaning Air-supported roof meaning Albatross meaning Alginate fiber meaning Alkaline meaning Alkylation meaning Alloy meaning Alpaca stitch meaning Alpaca meaning Alpha cellulose meaning Alsimag® meaning Alternating twist meaning Amine end group meaning Amorphous meaning Angora meaning Anhydride meaning Anidex fiber meaning Aniline dyes meaning Animal fibers meaning Anion meaning Anisotropic meaning Anthraquinone dyes meaning Antibacterial finish meaning Antichlor meaning Antifelting agents meaning Antifoaming agent meaning Antioxidant meaning Antisoiling properties meaning Antistaining properties meaning Antistatic agent meaning Antistatic properties meaning Applique meaning Arachne machine meaning Aramid fiber meaning Argyle meaning Art linen meaning Artificial turf meaning Asbestos meaning Aspect ratio meaning Asphalt overlay fabrics meaning Astrakhan cloth meaning Atactic polymer meaning Atmospheric conditions meaning Attrition mills meaning Autoclave meaning Average stiffness meaning Axial yarn meaning Axminster carpet meaning Azlon fiber meaning Azo dyes meaning Back warp meaning Backcoating meaning Backed cloth meaning Backfilling meaning Backing meaning Backwinding meaning Bactericidal fiber meaning Bagging meaning Baggy cloth meaning Balanced cloth meaning Balanced twists meaning Bale meaning Ball mill meaning Ball warp meaning Balling up meaning Balloon fabric meaning Balloon meaning Banding, heavy tow meaning Bandle meaning Bank meaning Bar code meaning Barathea meaning Barking meaning Barre meaning Base fabric meaning Basic dyes meaning Basic meaning Basis weight meaning Basket stitch meaning Basket weave meaning Bast fiber meaning Bathrobe blanketing meaning Batik meaning Batiste meaning Batting meaning Bayardere meaning Bcf yarns meaning Beaded velvet meaning Beam dyeing machine meaning Beam meaning Beaming meaning Bearding meaning Beater meaning Beating-up meaning Beaver cloth meaning Beck meaning Bedford cord meaning Beetling meaning Bending length meaning Bending modulus meaning Bengaline meaning Benzene meaning Benzoate fiber meaning Beta cellulose meaning Bias fabric meaning Bias filling meaning Bicomponent yarns meaning Biconstituent fiber meaning Bidirectional fabric meaning Bilateral fibers meaning Binder content meaning Binder fibers meaning Binder meaning Biochemical oxygen demand (b.O.D.) meaning Biodegradable meaning Birdseye meaning Birefringence meaning Blanket meaning Bleaching meaning Bleb rate meaning Bleb meaning Bleeding meaning Blend meaning Blending meaning Blinding meaning Blister meaning Block printing meaning Bloom meaning Blotch printing meaning Boardy meaning Bobbin meaning Bobtex® ics yarn system meaning Body meaning Boiling water shrinkage meaning Bolt meaning Bond strength meaning Bonded fabric meaning Bonding with binder fibers meaning Bonding meaning Book cloth meaning Book fold meaning Boron fiber meaning Boss meaning Bourrelet meaning Bow meaning Box loom meaning Box mark meaning Braid angle meaning Braid meaning Braided fabric meaning Braiding meaning Break factor meaning Break spinning meaning Breaking length meaning Breaking load meaning Breaking strength meaning Breaking tenacity meaning Bright meaning Bristle meaning Brittle point meaning Broad goods meaning Broadcloth meaning Broadloom meaning Brocade meaning Brocatelle meaning Broken end meaning Broken pick meaning Brushing meaning Buckram meaning Buildup meaning Bulk development meaning Bunting meaning Burlap meaning Burling meaning Burning rate meaning Burn-out printing meaning Burr meaning Bursting strength meaning Butcher’s linen meaning Cabinet meaning Cable stitch meaning Cable twist meaning Cabled yarn meaning Calavry twill meaning Calender coating meaning Calender meaning Calendering rolls meaning Calendering meaning Calico meaning Calorimetry meaning Cam meaning Cambric meaning Can meaning Candle filter meaning Candle water temperature meaning Candlewick fabric meaning Canton flannel meaning Cap spinning meaning Capacitance meaning Carbon fiber meaning Carbon-arc lamp meaning Carbonizing meaning Carboxyl end group meaning Carboxymethyl cellulose meaning Card clothing meaning Card conversion efficiency meaning Card meaning Carded yarn meaning Cardigan meaning Carding meaning Care label meaning Carpet backing meaning Carpet underlay meaning Carpets meaning Carrier meaning Carrierless dyeing variants meaning Casement cloth meaning Cashmere meaning Cast coating meaning Catalyst meaning Caterpillar meaning Cation meaning Cationic dyeable variants meaning Caustic soda meaning Cellophane meaning Cellulose meaning Cellulosic fiber meaning Centrifuge meaning Ceramic fiber meaning Chafed end meaning Chafer fabric meaning Chain binders meaning Chain dyeing meaning Chalkiness meaning Challis meaning Chambray meaning Chameleon meaning Change inlingth on untwisting meaning Char length meaning Cheese meaning Cheesecloth meaning Chelating agent meaning Chemical crimping meaning Chemical finishing meaning Chemical stability meaning Chenille meaning Cheviot meaning Chevron meaning Chiffon meaning Chinchilla cloth meaning Chino meaning Chintz meaning Chip meaning Chlorine retention meaning Choked coiler meaning Choked flyers meaning Chromaticity meaning Chromatography meaning Chute-feed system meaning Circular knitting meaning Circular-knit fabric meaning Ciré meaning Clamps meaning Clarity meaning Clearing meaning Clipmark meaning Clo meaning Cloqué fabric meaning Cloth meaning Cloudy web meaning Clumps meaning Coacervation meaning Coagulation bath meaning Coagulation meaning Coalesced filaments meaning Coalescence meaning Coarse thread meaning Coated fabric meaning Coating meaning Cockled yarn meaning Cockling meaning Cohesion meaning Coiling meaning Color abrasion meaning Color stripper meaning Colorfastness meaning Colorimeter meaning Colorimetry meaning Colour index (ci) meaning Combed sliver meaning Combed yarn meaning Combination fabric a fabric containing meaning Combination yarn meaning Combing meaning Comfort meaning Commercial allowance meaning Commercial moisture regain meaning Commercial weight meaning Commingled yarn meaning Compact spinning process meaning Compacted yarns meaning Compactor meaning Compatible shrinkage meaning Compliance meaning Composite fibers meaning Compressibility meaning Condensation polymerization meaning Conditioning meaning Cone meaning Coning meaning Conjugate fiber meaning Conjugate yarn meaning Consolidation meaning Contact angle meaning Continuous polymerization in polymersilk fiber meaning Converted fabric meaning Converter meaning Convolution meaning Cop meaning Copolymer meaning Cord meaning Corduroy meaning Core spinning meaning Core-spun yarn meaning Corkscrew twist meaning Corrugation mark meaning Cot meaning Cottage steamer meaning Cotton count meaning Cotton fiber meaning Cotton system meaning Count meaning Course meaning Cover factor meaning Cover meaning Coverstock meaning Covert meaning Cowoven fabric meaning Crab meaning Crabbing meaning Crack mark meaning Crack meaning Crash meaning Crease recovery meaning Crease retention meaning Crease meaning Crease-resistant meaning Creel meaning Creeling meaning Crepe meaning Crimp amplitude meaning Crimp deregistering meaning Crimp energy meaning Crimp frequency meaning Crimp setting meaning Crimp meaning Crimping meaning Crinkle meaning Crinoline meaning Crocheting meaning Crocking meaning Cross direction meaning Cross dyeing meaning Cross-flow quench meaning Cross-linking meaning Cross-section meaning Crowsfeet meaning Crystalline growth meaning Crystalline meaning Crystallinity meaning Crystallization meaning Cupioni meaning Cuprammonium rayon meaning Curing meaning Cushion-back carpet meaning Cut pile meaning Cut selvage meaning Cut staple meaning Cut yarn meaning Cut meaning Cutter meaning Cyclic stress-strain meaning Cyclic trimer meaning Cylinder loading meaning Cylinder meaning Cymatic printing meaning Damask meaning Dampening (in tire cord) meaning Decating mark meaning Decatizing meaning Decitex meaning Decorticating meaning Deep-dyeing variants meaning Defects meaning Deformation meaning Degradation meaning Degree of esterification meaning Degree of polymerization meaning Degumming meaning Delayed deformation meaning Delustering meaning Delustrant meaning Denier variation meaning Denier meaning Denim meaning Density meaning Dent meaning Deregistering (crimp) meaning Desulfurizing meaning Detergent meaning Developed dyes meaning Developing meaning Dewpoint meaning Dial meaning Diamine meaning Dielectric breakdown voltage meaning Dielectric constant meaning Dielectric strength meaning Differential thermal analysis meaning Diffusion meaning Dimensional restorability meaning Dimensional stability meaning Dimethyl terephthalate meaning Dimity meaning Dip coating meaning Dip penetration meaning Dip pickup meaning Dip treating meaning Dip meaning Direct coating meaning Direct dyes meaning Direct esterification meaning Direct printing meaning Directionally oriented fabrics meaning Disc test meaning Discharge printing meaning Dispersant meaning Disperse dyes meaning Dispersion meaning Distribution length meaning Divided threadline extrusion meaning Dobby meaning Doctor blade meaning Doctor streak meaning Doeskin finish meaning Doff meaning Doffer comb meaning Doffer loading meaning Doffer meaning Doffing meaning Donegal meaning Dotted swiss meaning Double back meaning Double end meaning Double weave meaning Double-cloth construction meaning Double-knit fabric meaning Doubling meaning Douppioni meaning Downdraft metier meaning Downgrade meaning Downtwister meaning Downtwisting meaning Dowtherm® meaning Draft ratio meaning Draft meaning Drainage fabrics meaning Drape meaning Draw down meaning Draw ratio meaning Draw-back meaning Draw-frame blends meaning Drawing meaning Drawing-in meaning Drawn tow meaning Draw-sizing meaning Draw-texturing meaning Draw-twisting meaning Draw-warping meaning Draw-winding meaning Drill meaning Drop stitch meaning Drop wires meaning Dropped stitches meaning Dry cleaning meaning Dry filling meaning Dry forming meaning Drying cylinders meaning Dry-laid nonwovens meaning Duck meaning Dull meaning Dumbells meaning Dungaree meaning Duplex printing meaning Durability meaning Durable press meaning Dust-resistant meaning Dwell time meaning Dye fleck meaning Dye range meaning Dye sites meaning Dyeing auxillaries meaning Dyeing meaning Dyes meaning Dynamic adhesion meaning Dynapoint process meaning Ease-of-care meaning Edge roll meaning Elastic limit meaning Elastic recovery meaning Elasticity meaning Elasticized fabric meaning Elastomers meaning Electrical conductivity meaning Electrical finish meaning Electrical resistivity meaning Elmendorf tear tester meaning Elongation at break meaning Elongation meaning Embossing meaning Embroidery meaning Emulsion polymerization meaning Emulsion spinning meaning Emulsion meaning End out meaning End meaning Energy absorption meaning Energy-to-break meaning Entangling meaning Entering meaning Epitropic fibers meaning Epoxy resin meaning Erosion control fabrics meaning Esterification meaning Ethylene glycol meaning Ethylene meaning Evenness testing meaning Excessive clearer waste meaning Exhaustion meaning Extended length meaning Extensibility meaning Extract printings meaning Extractables meaning Extraction meaning Extruder meaning Eyelet meaning Fabric construction meaning Fabric crimp angle meaning Fabric crimp meaning Fabric sett meaning Fabric stabilizer meaning Fabric meaning Face meaning Facing meaning Faconné meaning Fade-ometer® meaning Faille meaning Fasciated yarn meaning Fashioning meaning Fatigue meaning Fell meaning Felt meaning Felting meaning Festoon dryer meaning Fiber architecture meaning Fiber distribution meaning Fiber number meaning Fiber placement meaning Fiber meaning Fiberfill meaning Fiber-reactive dyes meaning Fibrets meaning Fibrids meaning Fibril meaning Fibrillation meaning Filament count meaning Filament number meaning Filament winding meaning Filament yarn meaning Filament meaning Filler meaning Fillet meaning Filling meaning Filter aid meaning Filter cloth meaning Filter fabrics meaning Findings meaning Fine end meaning Fine structure meaning Fineness meaning Fines meaning Finger mark meaning Finish composition (yard) meaning Finish turns meaning Finish meaning Finished fabric meaning Finishing bar meaning Finishing spot meaning Finishing meaning Fire-blocking layer meaning First quality meaning First-order transition temperature meaning Fissure meaning Fixation meaning Flake yarn meaning Flake meaning Flaky web meaning Flame resistant meaning Flame retardant meaning Flammability tests meaning Flange crimping meaning Flannel meaning Flapper meaning Flash ageing meaning Flash extrusion meaning Flat card meaning Flat knitting meaning Flat meaning Flat-knit fabric meaning Flat-knitting machine meaning Flatspotting meaning Flax meaning Fleece fabric meaning Flexibility meaning Flexural fatigue meaning Flexural rigidity meaning Float meaning Flocculating meaning Flock meaning Flocking meaning Fluffing meaning Fluorescence meaning Fly meaning Flyer spinning meaning Flyer waste meaning Flyer meaning Foam meaning Folded selvage meaning Foreign waste meaning Formaldeyde meaning Foulard meaning Frame meaning Fraying meaning Free-wheeling meaning Frenchback meaning Frequency meaning Friction spinning meaning Friezé meaning Frost marks meaning Full-fashioned meaning Fulling meaning Fused acetate meaning Fused filaments meaning Fused ribbon meaning Fusing meaning Fuzziness meaning Gabardine meaning Gage meaning Gaiting meaning Galatea meaning Gamma cellulose meaning Garnetting meaning Gas fading meaning Gauge wire meaning Gauge meaning Gauze meaning Gel dyeing meaning Gel spinning meaning Gel meaning Geogrid meaning Geomembrane protection fabrics meaning Geotextiles meaning Gingham meaning Glacé meaning Glass fiber meaning Glazing meaning Global radiation meaning Godet roll meaning Gout meaning Grab strength test meaning Graft copolymer meaning Graphite fiber meaning Green tack meaning Greige fabric meaning Grenadine meaning Grex meaning Grinning meaning Gripper looms meaning Grosgrain meaning Ground color meaning Guide bar meaning Guides meaning Guillotine meaning Gum meaning Hand meaning Hand-blocked print meaning Hang pick meaning Hank meaning Hard fiber meaning Hard size meaning Hardness meaning Harness chain meaning Harness meaning Harsh fiber meaning Head end meaning Heat resistance meaning Heat stabilized meaning Heat transfer printing meaning Heather yarn meaning Heat-setting meaning Heavyend meaning Heddle meaning Helix angle meaning Hemicelluloses meaning Hemp meaning Herringbone meaning Hessian meaning Heterofilament meaning Hexamethylenediamine meaning High density meaning High modulus meaning High ph finish meaning High tenacity meaning Highloft meaning High-low pile meaning High-shrink staple meaning High-temperature dyeing meaning Holes (tow) meaning Holland finish meaning Hollow filament fibers meaning Homespun meaning Honan meaning Hopsacking meaning Hot-air shrinkage meaning Hot-head press meaning Hot-melt adhesive meaning Houndstooth meaning Huckaback meaning Hybrid composite meaning Hybrid fabric meaning Hybrid yarn meaning Hydroentangling meaning Hydrogenation meaning Hydrolysis meaning Hydrophilic meaning Hydrophobic meaning Hydroscopic meaning Hydroxyl end group meaning Hysteresis meaning Imbibition meaning Immediate elastic deformation meaning Impact resistance meaning Impregnated fabric meaning Index of refraction meaning Indigo meaning Industrial fabric meaning Inflatable stuctures meaning Inflow quench meaning Ingrain meaning Inherent flame resistance meaning Inhibitor meaning Initial modulus meaning Initiator meaning Ink-jet printing meaning Inspection meaning Instron tensile tester meaning Intaglio meaning Intensity meaning Interfacial polymerization meaning Interlining meaning Interlock knit meaning Intermingling meaning Intermittent pattern meaning Internal dye variability meaning International gray scale meaning Intimate blend meaning Intrinsic viscosity meaning Ionomer meaning Islands-in-the-sea meaning Isotactic polymer meaning Isotherm meaning Isotropic meaning Jack meaning Jacket meaning Jacquard meaning Jaspé meaning J-box meaning J-cut meaning Jean meaning Jersey meaning Jet dyeing machine meaning Jet dyeing meaning Jet loom meaning Jet meaning Jig meaning Jute butt meaning Jute count meaning Jute meaning Kapok meaning Keratin meaning Kersey meaning Khaki meaning Kier boiling meaning Kier meaning Kink meaning Kinking meaning Knee break-out test meaning Kneeing meaning Knit fabric meaning Knit-de-knit meaning Knit-miss meaning Knitting meaning Kraft pulps meaning Kraft yarn meaning Kraftcord meaning Kroy® shrinkproofing process meaning Kusters dyeing range meaning Lace stitch meaning Lace meaning Laid-in fabric meaning Lamé meaning Laminar flow meaning Laminated fabric meaning Lap splitting meaning Lap meaning Lapping meaning Lase meaning Laser meaning Lastrile fiber meaning Latch needle meaning Latent crimp meaning Latex meaning Lawn meaning Lea meaning Leaching meaning Leno weave meaning Let-off motion meaning Level loop meaning Leveling meaning Lickerin loading meaning Lickerin meaning Light end meaning Lightfastness meaning Lignin meaning Limiting oxygen index meaning Linear density meaning Linen lea meaning Linen meaning Linet meaning Lining fabric meaning Linked processes meaning Linon a jour meaning Lint meaning Linters meaning Liquid crystal polymer meaning Liquid crystal meaning Liquor ratio meaning Lisle yarn meaning Living ring meaning Load-deformation curve meaning Loft meaning Long staple meaning Loom barré meaning Loom fly meaning Loom meaning Loom-finished meaning Loop elongation meaning Loop pile meaning Loop tenacity meaning Looped filling meaning Looped pile meaning Looping bar meaning Looping meaning Loopy selvage meaning Loose filling meaning Lost end meaning Lot meaning Low rows meaning Luana meaning Lubricant meaning Luminescence meaning Luster meaning Lustering meaning Lyocell fiber meaning Lyotropin polymer meaning Mace snag test meaning Machine direction meaning Machine twist meaning Macrolattice meaning Macromolecular dyes meaning Madras meaning Mallory fatigue test meaning Mandrell meaning Manila meaning Manufactured fiber meaning Marker meaning Marl yarn meaning Marquisette meaning Married fiber clump meaning Mass-colored meaning Matelassé meaning Material balance meaning Matrix fiber meaning Matted staple meaning Mechanical finishing meaning Melded fabric meaning Melt blowing meaning Melt index meaning Melt spinning meaning Melt viscosity meaning Melt meaning Melting point meaning Melton meaning Mending meaning Mercerization meaning Merge meaning Merino meaning Mesh fabrics meaning Meta meaning Metallic fiber meaning Metallized dyes meaning Metameric color match meaning Metap weave-knit process meaning Metering pump meaning Methenamine pill test meaning Metier twist meaning Metier meaning Metric count meaning Microdenier meaning Microencapsulation meaning Micronaire method meaning Migration meaning Mil meaning Milanese knitting meaning Mildew resistance meaning Mildew meaning Mill end meaning Mill run meaning Milling meaning Millitron® process meaning Mineral fibers meaning Minimum care meaning Mispick meaning Miss-stitch meaning Mitter printing machine meaning Mixed end or filling meaning Mock dyeing meaning Mock leno meaning Modacrylic fiber meaning Modulus meaning Moiré meaning Moisture properties meaning Moisture regain meaning Moisture-free weight meaning Moleskin meaning Monk’s cloth meaning Monofilament meaning Monomer meaning Mordant meaning Moresque meaning Morphology meaning Mote meaning Muff dyeing meaning Muff meaning Mule spinning frame meaning Mullen bursting strength meaning Multifilament meaning Mushroom apparel flammability test meaning Muslin meaning Mussiness meaning Nainsook meaning Nap meaning Naphthalene meaning Naphthol dyes meaning Napping meaning Narrow fabric meaning Natural fiber meaning Necking meaning Needle bed meaning Needle loom meaning Needle loop meaning Needle set-out meaning Needle slot meaning Needle meaning Needled fabrics meaning Needlepunching meaning Nep meaning Net rate meaning Net meaning Netting meaning Neutron-absorbing fiber meaning Ninon meaning Nip creases meaning Noil meaning Nonelastic woven tape meaning Nonwoven fabric meaning Novelty yarn meaning Novoloid fiber meaning Nozzle meaning Nub yarn meaning Nucleation meaning Nun’s veiling meaning Nylon fiber meaning Nytril fiber meaning Oatmeal meaning Off-clip meaning Off-square meaning Oilcloth meaning Oilproof meaning Oil-repellent meaning Olefin fiber meaning Oleophilic meaning Oleophobic meaning Oligomer meaning Ombré meaning Ondule meaning On-stream meaning Open face meaning Open-end spinning meaning Opening meaning Optical brightener meaning Optical properties meaning Optimum twist meaning Organdy meaning Organize yarn meaning Organza meaning Orientation meaning Orifice meaning Ortho meaning Osnaburg meaning Ottoman meaning Outflow quench meaning Oven-dry weight meaning Overcut meaning Overspraying meaning Over-the-counter meaning Oxford cloth meaning Ozone fading meaning Pack life meaning Pack meaning Package build meaning Packages meaning Pad dyeing meaning Padding meaning Paddle dyeing machine meaning Paisley meaning Panels (hosiery) meaning Panné satin meaning Panné velvet meaning Papermaker’s felt meaning Para meaning Paralleling meaning Part run meaning Partially oriented staple meaning Partially oriented yarns (poy) meaning Pattern wheel meaning Pattern meaning Peau de soie meaning Pebble-weave fabric meaning Pece meaning Peel adhesion meaning Peeler meaning Pegging jets meaning Pegging meaning Pelerine meaning Percale meaning Perching meaning Permanent deformation meaning Permanent finish meaning Permeability meaning Ph meaning Phases beam meaning Phase-separation spinning meaning Phenolic meaning Phenyl meaning Phosphorescence meaning Phosphoric acid meaning Photographic printing meaning Phthalic acid meaning Pick count meaning Pick counter meaning Pick meaning Picker lap meaning Picker sticks meaning Picker meaning Picking meaning Pick-out mark meaning Picot meaning Piece dyeing meaning Piece meaning Piecing meaning Pigment printing meaning Pigment meaning Pigmented yarn meaning Pile crush meaning Pile weave meaning Pile wire meaning Pile meaning Pill meaning Pilling meaning Pilot meaning Pin drafting meaning Pinhead meaning Pinhole meaning Pinion barré meaning Pinsonic® thermal joining machine meaning Piqué meaning Pirn barré meaning Pirn meaning Pitch meaning Plain weave one of the three fundamental weaves meaning Plastic meaning Plasticizer meaning Plated meaning Pleat meaning Plied yarn meaning Plissé meaning Plucking meaning Plugging value meaning Plush meaning Ply meaning Plyfil® meaning Plying meaning Point bonding meaning Polyamide meaning Polyarylate meaning Polybenzimidazole fiber (pbi) meaning Polychlal fiber meaning Polyester fiber meaning Polyetheretherketone fiber (peek) meaning Polyetherimide fiber (pei) meaning Polyethersulfone fiber (pes) meaning Polyethylene fiber meaning Polyimide fiber meaning Polymer meaning Polymerization meaning Polymerize meaning Polynosic fiber meaning Polyolefin fiber meaning Polyoxyamide fiber meaning Polypropylene fiber meaning Polytetrafluoroethylene fiber (ptfe) meaning Polyvinyl alcohol fiber meaning Polyvinyl alcohol meaning Pongee meaning Ponte di roma meaning Popcorn meaning Poplin meaning Porosity meaning Pot spinning meaning Potash meaning Powder-bonded nonwoven meaning Power factor meaning Preconditioning meaning Preform meaning Premetallized dyes meaning Preoxidized fiber meaning Prepreg meaning Pressley index meaning Pressure drop meaning Pressure dyeing meaning Pretension meaning Primary backing meaning Primary colors meaning Primary creep meaning Print bonding meaning Print paste meaning Print meaning Printcloth meaning Printing meaning Producer twist meaning Producer-textured yarns meaning Projectile loom meaning Pucker meaning Pulled-in filling meaning Pulp meaning Pultrusion meaning Purl meaning Pyrolysis meaning Quadripolymer meaning Quality meaning Quartz fiber meaning Quench spacer meaning Quench meaning Quenching meaning Quetsch meaning Quill meaning Quilling meaning Quilting meaning Rack meaning Racked stitch meaning Racking meaning Radio-frequency drying meaning Rails meaning Ramie meaning Random-sheared carpet meaning Rapier looms meaning Raschel knitting meaning Ratiné meaning Ravel meaning Raveling meaning Raw fiber meaning Rayon fiber meaning Reaming meaning Reconstituted fibers meaning Recreational surfaces meaning Reduction clearing meaning Reed marks meaning Reed meaning Reel meaning Reeling meaning Refractory fiber meaning Regenerated cellulose meaning Reinforcement fabrics meaning Related shades meaning Relative humidity meaning Relative viscosity meaning Relaxed yarn meaning Relset® process meaning Repack order meaning Repeat meaning Repellency meaning Reserve dyeing meaning Residual shrinkage meaning Resiliency meaning Resin meaning Resin-treated meaning Resist printing meaning Restraint systems meaning Retarder meaning Reversible bonded fabric meaning Revolving spinning ring meaning Rheological properties meaning Rib knit meaning Ribbing meaning Ribbon meaning Rickrack meaning Ridgy beam meaning Ring meaning Ringer meaning Ring-spinning meaning Ripening meaning Riser meaning Roll goods meaning Roll lapping meaning Rolled ends meaning Rolled selvage meaning Roller card meaning Roller printing meaning Rope mark meaning Rope meaning Rot resistance meaning Rotary screen printing meaning Rotoflex meaning Rough meaning Roving frame meaning Roving meaning Rows meaning Rubber filament meaning Runner length meaning Runner meaning Run-of-the-mill meaning Run-proof meaning Run-resistant meaning Sailcloth meaning Salloped selvage meaning Sand meaning Sandwich blend meaning Sanforized® meaning Sanfor-set® meaning Saponification meaning Saran fiber meaning Sase meaning Sateen meaning Satin weave meaning Saturation value meaning Saturation meaning Saxony meaning Schappe meaning Scorching meaning Scouring meaning Screen printing meaning Screen meaning Screw feeds meaning Screw melter meaning Scrim meaning Scroop meaning Sculptured meaning Seam mark meaning Seam slippage meaning Seam welding meaning Seaming meaning Seamless meaning Secant modulus meaning Secondary backing meaning Secondary colors meaning Secondary creep meaning Second-order transition temperature meaning Seconds meaning Section beam meaning Section mark meaning Seersucker meaning Self-twist yarn meaning Selvage or selvedge meaning Sequestrant meaning Serge meaning Serging meaning Sericin meaning Served yarn meaning Set mark meaning Set point meaning Set yarns meaning Seydel converter meaning S-finishing meaning Shadecloth meaning Shaded filling meaning Shading meaning Shaft mark meaning Shaft meaning Shag carpet meaning Shantung meaning Sharkskin meaning Shearing meaning Sheath-core fibers meaning Shed meaning Shedding meaning Sheers meaning Shier meaning Shiner meaning Shoe fold meaning Short-cut staple meaning Short-liquor dyeing meaning Shot meaning Shredding meaning Shrinkage force meaning Shrinkage meaning Shuttle chafe mark meaning Shuttle meaning Shuttleless loom meaning Silicone meaning Silk fiber meaning Simulated spun yarns meaning Singeing meaning Single-knit fabric meaning Singles yarn meaning Singling meaning Sinker meaning Sintering meaning Sisal meaning Size mark meaning Sizing meaning Skein break factor meaning Skein breaking tenacity meaning Skein dyeing meaning Skein meaning Skewness meaning Slack end meaning Slack mercerization meaning Slack pick meaning Slack selvage meaning Slasher meaning Slashing meaning Sleazy meaning Sleeving meaning Sley meaning Slide waste meaning Slippage meaning Slit tape meaning Slit-film yarn meaning Sliver knitting meaning Sliver meaning Slub catcher meaning Slub yarn meaning Slub meaning Slubber meaning Slubbing meaning Slug meaning Slurry meaning Smash meaning Smoke chamber test meaning Smouldering meaning Snag meaning Snarl meaning Soaking meaning Soap meaning Softener meaning Softening point meaning Soil burial test meaning Soiling meaning Solid-state polymerization meaning Soluble meaning Solvent dyeing meaning Souring meaning Space dyeing meaning Spandex fiber meaning Specific gravity meaning Speck meaning Specking meaning Specky meaning Spectrograph meaning Spectrometer meaning Spectrophotometer meaning Spectroscope meaning Spectroscopy meaning Spherulite meaning Spindle meaning Spin-drawing meaning Spinneret meaning Spinning frame meaning Spinning solution meaning Spinning twist meaning Spinning meaning Spiral yarns meaning Splicing meaning Splinter count meaning Splinter meaning Split end meaning Split-draft metier meaning Splitting meaning Spool meaning Spring needle meaning Spun fabric meaning Spun yarn meaning Spun-bonded products meaning Spunlaced fabric meaning Squeegee meaning Squeeze rolls meaning Stability meaning Stabilized fiber meaning Staining meaning Stainless-steel fiber meaning Stalwart printing machine meaning Standard atmosphere meaning Standard condition meaning Standard deviation meaning Standard moisture regain meaning Standing wire meaning Staple processing meaning Staple meaning Static adhesion meaning Static meaning Steam chest meaning Sticker meaning Stiffness meaning Stitching meaning Stock dyeing meaning Stockinette meaning Strand meaning Straw meaning Streak meaning Stress meaning Stress-strain curve meaning Stretch breaking meaning Stretch spinning meaning Striations meaning Strié meaning Stripping meaning Stuffer box meaning Stuffers meaning Styrene meaning Sublimation meaning Sublistatic® process meaning Substrate meaning Subsurface stabilization fabrics meaning Suede fabric meaning Sulfar fiber meaning Sulfonated meaning Sulfonic acid meaning Sulfur dyes meaning Superabsorbent meaning Surah meaning Surface charge meaning Surface energy meaning Surface tension meaning Surfactant meaning Swatch meaning Swelling meaning Syndiotactic polymer meaning Synthetic fiber meaning Tackiness meaning Tactic polymer meaning Taffeta meaning Take-up (twist) meaning Take-up (yarn-in-fabric) meaning Tangent modulus meaning Tape meaning Tare meaning Tarpaulin meaning Tear strength meaning Temperature of zero birefringence meaning Tenacity meaning Tencel® meaning Tensile factor meaning Tensile hysteresis curve meaning Tensile strain meaning Tensile strength meaning Tensile stress meaning Tensile test meaning Tenter frame meaning Terephthalic acid meaning Terpolymer meaning Terry cloth meaning Tertiary colors meaning Tetrachloride meaning Tex meaning Textile materials meaning Textile processing meaning Textile meaning Texture meaning Textured yarns meaning Textured meaning Texturing meaning Thermal character meaning Thermal conductivity meaning Thermal fixation meaning Thermobonding meaning Thermogravimetric analysis meaning Thermo-man meaning Thermoplastic meaning Thermoset meaning Thermotropic polymer meaning Thick-and-thin yarn meaning Thread count meaning Thread meaning Threaded-roll process meaning Threadlines meaning Threadup meaning Three-bar fabric meaning Three-dimensional weaving meaning Throughput meaning Throwing meaning Throwster meaning Thrum meaning Ticking meaning Tight or loose end meaning Time-to-break meaning Tint meaning Tip-sheared carpet meaning Tire construction meaning Tire cord meaning Tire fabric meaning Tire-builder fabric meaning Titanium dioxide meaning Tobacco cloth meaning Toe closing meaning Toile meaning Tongue tear strength meaning Top colors meaning Top dyeing meaning Top meaning Torque meaning Total denier (of tow) meaning Toughness meaning Tow meaning Transesterification meaning Transfer coating meaning Transfer tail meaning Transition temperature meaning Trapped end meaning Traveler meaning Traverse length meaning Tree bark meaning Triacetate fiber meaning Triacetin meaning Triaxial fabrics meaning Tricot beam meaning Tricot fabric yield meaning Tricot knitting meaning Tricot meaning Trimer meaning Triskelion cross section meaning Tristimulus values meaning True tensile strength meaning Tube meaning Tubing meaning Tubular fabric meaning Tuck stitch meaning Tuft meaning Tufted carpet meaning Tufted fabric meaning Tulle meaning Tunnel test meaning Turbidity meaning Turn meaning Turned-over edge meaning Tweed meaning Twill weave meaning Twilo process meaning Twine meaning Twist multiplier meaning Twist setting meaning Twist, direction of meaning Twist meaning Twisting meaning Twit meaning Two-for-one twister meaning Ultraviolet degradation meaning Ultraviolet resistance meaning Undrawn yarn meaning Uneven dyeing meaning Uneven shrinkage meaning Uneven surface meaning Uneven yarn meaning Unfinished worsted meaning Unidirectional fabric meaning Union cloth meaning Union dyeing meaning Unopened staple meaning Updraft metier meaning Uptwister meaning Uptwisting meaning Urethane meaning Uster tester meaning Uv absorbers meaning Variant meaning Vat dyes meaning V-bed flat-knitting machine meaning Vectran® fiber meaning Vegetable fiber meaning Velour meaning Velvet carpet meaning Velvet fabric meaning Velveteen meaning Vertical flame test meaning Vibroscope meaning Vinal fiber meaning Vinyl meaning Vinylidene chloride meaning Vinyon fiber meaning Viscometer meaning Viscose process meaning Viscose rayon meaning Viscose solution meaning Viscosity meaning Voile fabric meaning Volatile meaning Volatility meaning Volume resistivity meaning Wale meaning Warp beam meaning Warp pile meaning Warp printing meaning Warp sheet meaning Warp streaks meaning Warp meaning Warp-knit fabric meaning Wash-and-wear meaning Washfastness meaning Waste meaning Waterproof meaning Water-repellent meaning Weak web meaning Weak yarn meaning Wear test meaning Weather-ometer meaning Weave meaning Weaving meaning Web meaning Webbing meaning Weft insertion meaning Weighted silk meaning Welt meaning Wet forming meaning Wet strength meaning Wet-laid nonwoven meaning Whipcord meaning Whipped cream meaning Whiskers meaning White goods meaning Wicking meaning Width meaning Williams unit meaning Wilton carpet meaning Wind ratio meaning Winding meaning Window paning meaning Wood grain meaning Wood pulp meaning Wool meaning Woolen card meaning Woolen count meaning Woolen cut meaning Woolen run meaning Woolen system meaning Work recovery meaning Working loss meaning Worsted card meaning Worsted count meaning Worsted system meaning Worsted meaning Woven fabric meaning Wrinkle recovery meaning Wrinkle resistance meaning Xanthating meaning Xenon-arc lamp meaning Yard goods meaning Yardage meaning Yarn construction meaning Yarn dyeing differences meaning Yarn dyeing meaning Yarn intermediate meaning Yarn number, equivalent single meaning Yarn number meaning Yarn quality meaning Yarn meaning Yarn-to-cord conversion efficiency meaning Yellowness coefficient meaning Yield point meaning Yield meaning Young’s modulus meaning Zein fiber meaning Zero-twist meaning Zimmer flatbed printing machine (peter zimmer) meaning Zimmer rotary printing machine (johannes zimmer) meaning Zimmer rotary printing machine (peter zimmer) meaning

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