Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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drop stitch

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. An open design made in knitting by removing some of the needles at set intervals. 2. A defect in knit fabric.

doffer

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. The last or delivery cylinder of the card from which the sheet of fibers is removed by the doffer comb. 2. An operator who removes full bobbins, spools, containers, or other packages from a ...

dip

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. Immersion of a textile material in some processing liquid. The term is usually used inconnection with a padding or slashing process. 2. The rubber compound with which tire cordsand other ...

dye fleck

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. An imperfection in fabric caused by residual undissolved dye. 2. A defect caused by small sections of undrawn thermoplastic yarn that dye deeper that the drawn yarn.

end

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. An individual warp yarn. A warp is composed of a number of ends. 2. An individual sliver, slubbing, roving, yarn, thread, or cord. 3. A short length or remnant of fabric.

dispersion

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. A system consisting of finely divided particles and the medium in which they are distributed. 2. Separation of light into colors by diffraction or refraction. 3. A qualitative estimation of ...

1. A more or less gradual movement of molecules or ions through a solution or fiber as a result of the existence of a concentration gradient or repulsive or attractive forces. 2. The random movement ...