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| ability of a fiber to resist damage from rubbing/surface contact |
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| percentage of moisture that a dry fiber will absorb from the air |
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| the attractiveness or appearance of a textile product |
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| resistance to harmful changes over time |
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| addresses the ability of a product to maintain its original appearance during use and care, as it ages |
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| the treatment and storage condition's that maintains a textile product's original appearance/condition |
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| affect of acids, alkalis, oxidizing agents, solvents, etc |
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| addresses how textiles affect heat, air, and moisture transfer, and the body's interaction with the textile |
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| the amount paid to produce, acquire, use, maintain, and dispose of a prouct |
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| ability to conceal or protect |
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| an environmentally design framework that examines the impact of the production, use, care, disposal, and recycle potential of products from economic, industrial, and social perspectives |
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| the weights in grams of 9,000 meters of fiber/yarn |
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| measure of fiber weight ---weight in grams per cubic centimeter |
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| ability to retain size and shape through use and care |
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| manner in which a fabric falls over a 3-D form |
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| how a textile product withstands use; duration of time the product is suitable for its intended use |
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| ability to return to the original shape after elongaton |
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| ability to transfer electrical charges |
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| ability to be stretched w/o breaking |
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| the bends in yarns resulting from weaving/knitting |
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| the major compound that makes up a fiber |
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| the waves, bends, twists, coils, or curls along a fiber |
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| long fibers measure in miles or km |
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| reaction to heat and manner of burning |
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| ability to bend repeatedly w/o breaking |
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| the way a fiber feels, a tactile sensation; silky, harsh, soft, crisp, dry, etc |
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| ability to retain hear or insulate |
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| a fiber's reaction to heat in which if softens, melts, and shrinks when exposed to high temps |
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| a fiber with low absorbency |
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| a fiber with good absorbency |
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| resistance to insect damage |
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| an examination of the way the production, use, care, and disposal of a product affects the environment/people |
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| ability to withstand degradation from natural/artificial light |
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| ability to spring back to original thickness after being compressed or crushed |
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| light reflected from a surface |
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| fibers made into fiber form from chemical compounds produced in manufacturing faciltiies |
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| resistance to the growth of mold, mildew, or fungus |
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| several filament fibers grouped together |
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| fibers that occur in natural in fiber form |
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| a fiber with strong attraction for oil |
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| a textile's response to use in terms of physical/environmental factors |
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| formation of balls of fiber on fabric surfaces |
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| ability to return to original shape after bending, twisting, or crushing |
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| textile's ability to protect the body from harm |
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| measure of a textile product's ability to meet consumers' needs |
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| ability to retain original dimensions during cleaning |
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| filament fibers that are straight with no crimp |
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| short fibers measured in inches/cm |
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| ability to withstand a pulling force |
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| practices that reduce environmental pollution and don't exploit people/natural resources in meeting the lifestyle needs of the present w/o compromising the future |
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| weight in grams of 1000m of fiber/yarn |
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| nature of a fiber/fabric surface |
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| filament fibers that have been crimped in some way |
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| ability of a fiber to transfer moisture along its surface |
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| fiber produced by the alpaca animal |
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| fiber of the Angora rabbit |
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| a fiber that grows in the stem and root of a plant |
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| fiber produced by the cashmere goat |
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| a complex sugar molecule that makes up cellulosic fiber |
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| fibers made from cellulose |
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| cotton grown and processed using modern techniques and processing chemicals |
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| cotton fiber's characteristic ribbon-like twists |
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| a commonly used seed fiber from the cotton plant |
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| to cut a fiber into short lengths for processing on equipment designed for cotton |
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| silk that develops when two silkworms spin 1 cocoon together |
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| a type of extra-long staple cotton fiber |
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| a unique interlocking property of wool fibers related to its surface scales |
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| the fiber removed from its flax plant |
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| cotton fabric that has been washed with mild, natural-based soap, but hasn't been bleached/treated with other chemicals |
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| a bast fiber produced from the hemp plant |
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| fibers that absorb moisture w/o feeling wet |
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| a fine and soft wool from animals less than 7months |
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| a fiber that is removed from the veins or rib's of a plant's leaf |
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| yarn, fabric, and textile products made from flax fibers |
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| fiber produced by the llama |
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| fiber removed from Angora goat |
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| the weight of silk fabric; 1 momme is 3.75g |
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| cotton fibers that are grown in a color other than off-white/beige |
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| fibers produced by animal/insects that are made of complex natural chemicals |
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| natural bicomponent fiber |
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| the cortex of wool contains 2 cell types that react differently to moisture/temp |
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| fibers naturally produced plants |
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| cotton that meets state-certified standards for land where organic farming practices have been used for at least 3 years |
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| a type of extra long-staple cotton fiber |
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| a bast fiber produced by the ramie plant |
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| fabric made from scraps of new woven or felted fabrics |
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| the dense outer layer of most wool fibers |
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| a type of extra long-staple cotton fiber |
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| a fiber that grows within a pod or boll from developing seeds |
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| a water-soluble protective gum covering the silk fiber when it's produced by the silk moth larvae |
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| the production of cultivated silk |
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| fiber produced by the larvae of the silk moth |
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| a type of extra long-staple cotton fiber |
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| cotton produced on land where organic farming is practiced, but for less than the 3-year minimum |
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| a common type of wild silk |
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| wool never before processed |
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| silk produced by silk moth in the wild |
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| a natural animal fiber produced by sheep, goats, camel, alpaca, llama, etc |
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