Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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yarn

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A generic term for a continuous strand of textile fibers, filaments, or material in a form suitable for knitting, weaving, or otherwise intertwining to form a textile fabric. Yarn occurs in the ...

yardage

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

The amount or length of a fabric expressed in yards.

yard goods

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Fabric sold on a retail basis by the running yard.

xenon-arc lamp

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A type of light source used in fading lamps. It is an electric discharge in an atmosphere on xenon gas at a little below atmospheric pressure, contained in a quartz tube.

xanthating

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A process in rayon manufacture in which carbon disulfide is reacted with alkali cellulose to produce bright orange cellulose xanthate.

wrinkle recovery

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

That property of a fabric that enables it to recover from folding deformations.

That property of a fabric that enables it to resist the formation of wrinkles when subjected to a folding deformation. Wrinkle resistance in a fabric is a desirable attribute, but it is not easily ...