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26. Serviceability: Ability of a textile product to fulfill customersneeds

27. Spun (Spinning): A process of making staple fibers into yarns28. Staple (fiber): A fiber that is, or can be made into short sizes,

(typically natural)29. Trade Name: A name used to recognize a product, a company

named or made30. Twill Weave: a textile weave in which threads are crossed over

one another to give an appearance of diagonal lines.31. Warp: Yarns that run the same way as the selvage of the fabric32. Weft: Yarn drawn through the warp yarns also known as a fill33. Wicking: The ability of a fiber to move wetness of it to the

surface34. Yarn Dyed: Multiple colored dyed yarns woven into a single

fabric (plaids)35. Yarns: Fibers twisted together to make a string

1. Aesthetics: Look of the textiles2. Aramid: polyamide fiber

-type of nylon-exceptionally heat and flame resistant-high strength-low moisture aborbency-difficult to dye

Used in protective wear, (Police force and Fire fighters)3. Crimp: Curl of the fibers4. Fabric: A flat object made out of solutions, fibers, yarns, and

other fabrics5. Felt: Fabric made of 70% wool by heat, moisture and agitation6. Fiber: A natural or man-made substance that cab be used to

make into yarns and fabrics7. Fiber Blend: A combination of two or more "parent" fibers to

form a fabric8. Fiberweb: Fabrics made from fibers not yarns9. Filament (fiber): Fibers that are an indefinite length (typically

man-made) and Silk10. Generic Name: identifies a product by class or type and cannot

be trademarked11. Greige Goods: Unfished goods12. Hand: The way the fiber, or fiber feel13. Hydrophillic: Fibers that have a high dampness14. Hydrophobic: Fibers that have a low dampness15. Hygroscopic: Fibers that can adsorb water without feeling wet16. Lyocell: A man-made fiber, cellulose, (not entirely synthetic)17. Mercerization: A finish done to cotton to intensify it's

strength, shine, and absorbency18. Olefin: A man-made fiber (reusable bags), synthetic, carpet

fiber; positive = lightweight, inexpensive, durable, resistsfuzzing; negative = less soft, tends to crush and stain, lessdurable than nylon

Man-made fiber (reusable bags)19. Piece Dyed: A completely constructed garment being dyed all

together20. Plain Weave: a basic style of weave in which the weft and warp

threads intertwine alternately to produce a checkerboard effect21. Roller Printing: Process of applying colors through rollers22. Satin Weave: A weave that produces a smooth, shiny-surfaced

fabric resulting from passing the weft yarn over and undernumerous warp yarns to create long floats.

23. Screen Printing: A process in which color is applied to fabricsthrough a special screen for the dye or pigments to enter thefabric in some area's

24. Second Generation or Type: Modified fibers from the "parent"fibers

25. Selvage: The finish edge of a fabric, (Where it does not unravel)

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