Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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Muslin

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A broad term describing a wide variety of plain-weave cotton or polyester/cotton fabrics ranging from lightweight sheers to heavier shirting and sheeting.

Multifilament

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A yarn consisting of many continuous filaments or strands, as opposed to monofilament which is one strand. Most textile filament yarns are multifilament.

All fibres when exposed to the atmosphere pick up some moisture; the quantity varies with the fibre type, temperature, and relative humidity. Measurements are generally made at standard conditions, ...

Modulus

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

The ratio of change in stress to change in strain following the removal of crimp from the material being tested; i.e., the ratio of the stress expressed in either force per unit linear density or ...

Modacrylic fibre

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A manufactured fibre in which the fiber-forming substance is any long chain synthetic polymer composed of less that 85% but at least 35% by weight of acrylonitrile units (FTC definition). Both wet ...

Miss-stitch

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A knitting construction formed when the needle holds the old loop and does not receive new yarn. It connects two loops of the same course that are not in adjacent wales. Also known as float-stitch.

Mitter printing machine

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A rotary carpet printing machine with up toeight stainless-steel mesh screens, and with cylindrical squeegees ofmoderately large diameter in each rotary screen. The unit has astreaming zone for dye ...