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2. Units of textile measurement - Wikipedia

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   Textile fibers, threads, yarns and fabrics are measured in a multiplicity of units.. A fiber, a single filament of natural material, such as cotton, linen or wool, or artificial material such as nylon, polyester, metal or mineral fiber, or human-made cellulosic fibre like viscose, Modal, Lyocell or other rayon fiber is measured in terms of linear mass density, the weight of a given length of ...

3. Sateen - Wikipedia

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   Sateen in a 6-harness satin weave, lyocell. Sateen is a fabric made using a satin weave structure but with spun yarn instead of filament yarn. [1] It is a cotton or other non-silk fabric that has the characteristics of silk satin but is less expensive. [2] The dense weave, sheen, and softer feel of sateen are produced through the satin weave ...

4. Satin - Wikipedia

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   Satin is usually a warp-faced weaving technique in which warp yarns are "floated" over weft yarns, although there are also weft-faced satins. [1] If a fabric is formed with a satin weave using filament fibres such as silk , polyester or nylon , the corresponding fabric is termed a 'satin', although some definitions insist that a satin fabric is ...

5. Parachute cord - Wikipedia

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   Parachute cord (also paracord or 550 cord when referring to type-III paracord) is a lightweight nylon kernmantle rope originally used in the suspension lines of parachutes. This cord is now used as a general purpose utility cord. This versatile cord was used by astronauts during the 82nd Space Shuttle mission to repair the Hubble Space ...

6. Thread (yarn) - Wikipedia

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   Today, thread can also be made of many different materials including but not limited to cotton, wool, flax, nylon, silk, polyester etc. There are also metal threads (sometimes used in decorative textiles), which can be made of fine wire. Thread is similar to yarn, cord, twine, or string, and there is some overlap between the way these terms are ...

7. Kernmantle rope - Wikipedia

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   Parachute cord (also paracord or 550 cord when referring to type-III paracord) is a lightweight nylon kernmantle rope originally used in the suspension lines of parachutes. This cord is useful for many other tasks and is now used as a general purpose utility cord by both military personnel and civilians.