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<strong>Performance</strong> <strong>Apparel</strong> <strong>Markets</strong>, 1st quarter 2006<br />
Glossary: terms and definitions<br />
Elastane, elastomeric:<br />
Elastomer:<br />
End (in weaving):<br />
False-twist texturing:<br />
FDY:<br />
Fibre:<br />
Fibre reinforced composite<br />
(FRC):<br />
Filament:<br />
Filamentation:<br />
Fill:<br />
Flame resistant:<br />
Flame retardant:<br />
Fleece (fabric):<br />
Fleece (garment):<br />
Fluorescent material:<br />
FOY:<br />
FR:<br />
Free swell absorbency:<br />
Gpd (gm/denier):<br />
Granulation:<br />
a fibre, often made of polyurethane, possessing inherent stretch properties<br />
(also known as spandex, especially in the USA).<br />
a polymer which has a high extensibility, together with rapid and<br />
substantially complete elastic recovery (most fibres formed from elastomers<br />
have breaking elongations in excess of 100%).<br />
an individual warp yarn.<br />
a process in which a single filament yarn is twisted, set and untwisted. When<br />
yarns made from thermoplastic materials are heat-set in a twisted condition,<br />
the deformation of the filaments is “memorised” and the yarn is given<br />
greater bulk.<br />
fully drawn yarn.<br />
a material used to make textiles which is flexible, fine, and has a high ratio<br />
of length to thickness.<br />
a product formed by intimately combining two or more discrete physical<br />
phases—usually a solid matrix, such as a resin, and a fibrous reinforcing<br />
component.<br />
a fibre of indefinite length.<br />
breakage of filaments, resulting in the creation of a fibrous or hairy<br />
appearance on the surface of a yarn package or fabric.<br />
see weft.<br />
a term used to describe fibres, yarns or fabrics which resist burning.<br />
a substance added or a treatment applied to a material in order to suppress,<br />
significantly reduce or delay the propagation of flame.<br />
pile or napped fabric with a deep, soft, woolly-style surface.<br />
outerwear jacket made from fleece fabric.<br />
a material which absorbs certain wavelengths of light and emits or reflects<br />
wavelengths that are longer than those which are absorbed.<br />
fully oriented yarn.<br />
see flame retardant.<br />
the weight of fluid in grams which can be absorbed by 1 gram of fibre, yarn<br />
or fabric.<br />
a unit of force divided by the weight per unit length of a fibre, yarn or rope.<br />
the process of forming new tissues.<br />
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