Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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Manufactured fibers

Lisle yarn

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A high-quality cotton yarn made by plying yarns spun from long combed staple. Lisle is singed to hive it a smooth finish.

Liquid crystal

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A liquid in which the molecules are oriented parallel to each other

The short cotton fibres that are not removed from the seed during the first ginning. The linters are cut from the seed and used as a source for cellulose derivatives such as nitrocellulose or viscose ...

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.