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Textiles
Any cloth, woven or knitted fabric; especially the raw materials that are used to make clothing.
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huckaback
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
A heavy, serviceable toweling made with slackly twisted filling yarns to aid absorption. The cloth has a honeycomb effect.
hybrid composite
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
Advanced composite with a combination of different high-strength continuous filaments in the matrix. Also, composite in which continuous and staple fibers are used in the same ...
hot-air shrinkage
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
Generally, the reduction in the dimensions of a fabric, yarn, or fiber induced by exposure to dry heat. Specifically, a fundamental property of fibers.
hot-head press
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
A pressing machine capable of generating high temperatures and pressures. Used for pressing and processing permanent-press fabrics.
hot-melt adhesive
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
A solid material that melts quickly upon heating, then sets to a firm bond upon cooling. Use of this type adhesive provides almost instantaneous bonding.
houndstooth
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
A term describing a medium-sized broken-check effect; the check is actually a four pointed star.
hollow filament fibers
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
Manufactured, continuous filament fibers, having voids created by introduction of air or other gas in the polymer solution or by melt spinning through specially designed ...
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