Textiles

Textiles

Any cloth, woven or knitted fabric; especially the raw materials that are used to make clothing.

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gel dyeing

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Passing a wet-spun fiber that is in the gel state (not yet at full crystallinity or orientation) through a dyebath containing dye with affinity for the fiber. This process ...

embroidery

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Ornamental designs worked on a fabric with threads. Embroidery may be done either by hand or by machine.

dry-laid nonwovens

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Nonwoven web made from dry fiber. Usually refers to fabrics from carded webs versus air-laid nonwovens which are formed from random webs.

dent

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

On a loom, the space between the wires of a reed.

drawing-in

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

In weaving, the process of threading warp ends through the eyes of the heddles and the dents of the reed.

dielectric constant

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Measure of the ability of a dielectric material to store electrical potential energy under the influence of an electric field, measured by the ratio of the capacitance of a ...