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1cellulose acetate — any of a group of acetic esters of cellulose, used to make yarns, textiles, nonflammable photographic films, rubber and celluloid substitutes, etc. [1890 95] * * * ▪ textile original name Acetate Rayon, also called Acetate, man made… …
2fibre, man-made — Introduction fibre whose chemical composition, structure, and properties are significantly modified during the manufacturing process. Man made fibres are spun and woven into a huge number of consumer and industrial products, including… …
3Rayon — is a manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber. Rayon is produced from naturally occurring polymers and therefore it is not a truly synthetic fiber, nor is it a natural fiber. It is known by the names viscose rayon and art silk in the textile… …
4Cotton — For other uses, see Cotton (disambiguation). Cotton Hi …
5Polyester — For the 1981 motion picture, see Polyester (film). SEM picture of a bend in a high surface area polyester fiber with a seven lobed cross section …
6List of fashion topics — This is a list of topics related to fashion, many of which do not yet have Wikipedia articles. NOTOC 0 9 1300 1400 in fashion 1500 1550 in fashion 1600 1650 in fashion 1700 1750 in fashion 1795 1820 in fashion 20th century fashion A A line A line …
7Jute — This article is about the vegetable fibre. For the Germanic people, see Jutes. Jute Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked) …
8cottonseed — /kot n seed /, n., pl. cottonseeds, (esp. collectively) cottonseed. the seed of the cotton plant, yielding an oil. [1785 95; COTTON + SEED] * * * ▪ seed seed of the cotton plant, important commercially for its oil and other products.… …
9Acrylic fiber — Acrylic fibers are synthetic fibers made from a polymer (polyacrylonitrile) with an average molecular weight of 100,000, about 1900 monomer units. To be called acrylic in the U.S, the polymer must contain at least 85% acrylonitrile monomer.… …
10Plant stem — Stem showing internode and nodes plus leaf petioles A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant. The stem is normally divided into nodes and internodes, the nodes hold buds which grow into one or more leaves, inflorescence… …
