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Fineness

1. A relative measure of fibre size expressed in denier or tex for manufactured fibers. For cotton, fineness is expressed as the mean fibre weight in micrograms per inch. For wool, fineness is the mean fibre width or mean fibre diameter expressed in microns (to the nearest 0.001-millimeter). 2. For yarn fineness, see YARN NUMBER. 3. For fineness of knit fabrics, see GAUGE.

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