staple fiber

  • 1staple fiber — noun a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn staple fibers vary widely in length • Syn: ↑staple, ↑staple fibre • Hypernyms: ↑natural fiber, ↑ …

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  • 2staple fiber, US — štapelio pluoštas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Pluoštas, gautas nustatyto ilgio atkarpomis (30–50 mm ilgio) supjausčius ar sutraukius gijų gniūžtes. atitikmenys: angl. staple fiber, US; staple fibre, GB rus. штапельное волокно …

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  • 3staple fibre — noun a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn staple fibers vary widely in length • Syn: ↑staple, ↑staple fiber • Hypernyms: ↑natural fiber, ↑ …

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  • 4staple fibre, GB — štapelio pluoštas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Pluoštas, gautas nustatyto ilgio atkarpomis (30–50 mm ilgio) supjausčius ar sutraukius gijų gniūžtes. atitikmenys: angl. staple fiber, US; staple fibre, GB rus. штапельное волокно …

    Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 5Staple — may mean:*Staple (fastener), a formed metal fastener used to secure sheets of material or wires, so they will not fall apart of each other. *Staple food, a foodstuff that forms the basic constituent of a diet. It is a standard commodity rather… …

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  • 6Staple — Sta ple (st[=a] p l), n. [AS. stapul, stapol, stapel, a step, a prop, post, table, fr. stapan to step, go, raise; akin to D. stapel a pile, stocks, emporium, G. stapela heap, mart, stake, staffel step of a ladder, Sw. stapel, Dan. stabel, and E.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 7staple — staple1 [stā′pəl] n. [ME stapel < OFr estaple < MDu stapel, mart, emporium, post, orig. support, akin to STAPLE2] 1. the chief commodity, or any of the most important commodities, made, grown, or sold in a particular place, region, country …

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  • 8fiber — [n1] strand of material cilia, cord, fibril, filament, footlet, grain, grit, hair, shred, staple, string, strip, tendril, thread, tissue, tooth, vein, warp, web, woof; concepts 392,428,611,831 fiber [n2] texture essence, fabric, feel, hand, nap,… …

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  • 9staple — staple1 /stay peuhl/, n., v., stapled, stapling. n. 1. a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side. 2. a similar, often U… …

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  • 10staple — I sta•ple [[t]ˈsteɪ pəl[/t]] n. v. pled, pling 1) a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers or the like by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side 2) bui a similar, oftenU shaped piece of wire or… …

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