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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

Linters

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

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.

Xanthating

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

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

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