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2. Units of textile measurement - Wikipedia

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   Tex is more likely to be used in Canada and Continental Europe, while denier remains more common in the United States. tex: Grams per 1,000 metres of yarn. Tex is a direct measure of linear density. [5] den (denier): Grams per 9,000 metres of yarn. Den is a direct measure of linear density. [5] dtex (deci-tex): Grams per 10,000 metres of yarn ...

3. Sympatex - Wikipedia

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   HigH2Out has a more absorbent inner lining fabric in its 3 layer laminate, which over the standard Sympatex by a claimed 120%. Reflexion contains a coating of aluminum a few nanometres thick, sandwiched between its membrane and lining fabric, this reflects much of the radiated heat from the human body, to preserve the user's warmth.

4. Ring size - Wikipedia

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   Plastic ring sizer tool for measuring the circumference of a finger in millimeters. Ring sizes can be measured physically by a paper, ... 3 + 1 ⁄ 4: F + 1 ⁄ 2: 5 ...

5. Finger tip unit - Wikipedia

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   In medicine, a finger tip unit (FTU) is defined as the amount of ointment, cream or other semi-solid dosage form expressed from a tube with a 5 mm diameter nozzle, applied from the distal skin-crease to the tip of the index finger of an adult. [1] [2] The "distal skin-crease" is the skin crease over the joint nearest the end of the finger. One ...

6. Finger (unit) - Wikipedia

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   The digit, also known as digitus or digitus transversus (Latin), dactyl (Greek) or dactylus, or finger's breadth – 3 ⁄ 4 of an inch or 1 ⁄ 16 of a foot. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] (about 2 cm) In medicine and related disciplines (anatomy, radiology, etc.) the fingerbreadth (literally the width of a finger) is an informal but widely used unit of measure.

7. Carat (mass) - Wikipedia

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   The carat (ct) is a unit of mass equal to 200 mg (0.00705 oz; 0.00643 ozt), which is used for measuring gemstones and pearls. The current definition, sometimes known as the metric carat , was adopted in 1907 at the Fourth General Conference on Weights and Measures , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and soon afterwards in many countries around the world.

8. Span (unit) - Wikipedia

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   A span is the distance measured by a human hand, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger. In ancient times , a span was considered to be half a cubit . Sometimes the distinction is made between the great span or full span (thumb to little finger) and little span or short span (thumb to index finger, or index finger to little ...

9. Hamsa - Wikipedia

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   A hanging hamsa in Tunisia. The hamsa (Arabic: خمسة, romanized: khamsa, lit. 'five', referring to images of 'the five fingers of the hand'), [1] [2] [3] also known as the hand of Fatima, [4] is a palm-shaped amulet popular throughout North Africa and in the Middle East and commonly used in jewellery and wall hangings.