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11Dref Friction Spinning — Friction Spinning or Dref Spinning is a textile technology that allows very heavy count yarns and technical core wrapped yarns to be manufactured. These are most commonly used in mop yarns, flame retardants and high tech fancy yarns such as… …
12Chiffon (fabric) — Chiffon, French pronunciation: [ʃi.fɔ̃], from the French word for a cloth or rag, is a lightweight, balanced plain woven sheer fabric woven of alternate S and Z twist crepe (high twist) yarns.[1] The twist in the crepe yarns puckers the… …
13Rope — This article is about non metallic ropes. For other uses, see Rope (disambiguation). Coils of rope used for long line fishing A rope is a length of fibres, twisted or braided together to improve strength for pulling and connecting. It has tensile …
14Arthur James Turner — Arthur James Turner, CBE, MA, D.Sc, FTI, (1889 – October 1971) was a British scientist who worked in the field of textile technology. He was the first director of the Technological Laboratory created by the Indian Central Cotton Committee (ICCC)… …
15Tang Da Wu — (唐大雾) Born 1943 (age 67–68) Singapore Nationality Singaporean Field Drawing, painting, sculpture …
16du̯ō(u) (*du̯ei-) — du̯ō(u) (*du̯ei ) English meaning: two Deutsche Übersetzung: “zwei” Grammatical information: m. (grammatical double form duu̯ōu), du̯ai f. n., besides du̯ei , du̯oi , du̯i Note: compare the summary by Brugmann II2 2, 6 82… …
17Miami Vice — For the 2006 movie, see Miami Vice (film). Miami Vice Miami Vice logo/title card Also known as Gold Coast (working title) …
18Cue stick — A pool cue and its major parts.[1]:71–72[2] A cue stick (or simply cue, more specifically pool cue, snooker cue, or billiards cue), is an item of …
19Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
20EPHOD — (Heb. אֵפוֹד). The term ephod occurs several times in the Bible, where it appears to describe different cultic objects. In Exodus 28 the ephod is a garment made of expensive materials. In I Samuel 2:18; 22:18; II Samuel 6:14 the ephod is made of… …
