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- adjective Having multiple
filaments - noun A
yarn with multiple filaments.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I strengthen the mold rubber by adding small amounts of Fibermesh 150 e3 polypropylene multifilament fiber (often called "stealth fiber"), sold by concrete suppliers.
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Synthetic “textured” filament yarns (made of filament fibers that do not lie straight, close, and parallel) give greater comfort than older types of synthetic fabrics, which were made of flat multifilament yarns (made of straight filaments that pack close together and lie straight and parallel to one another).
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Synthetic “textured” filament yarns (made of filament fibers that do not lie straight, close, and parallel) give greater comfort than older types of synthetic fabrics, which were made of flat multifilament yarns (made of straight filaments that pack close together and lie straight and parallel to one another).
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Synthetic “textured” filament yarns (made of filament fibers that do not lie straight, close, and parallel) give greater comfort than older types of synthetic fabrics, which were made of flat multifilament yarns (made of straight filaments that pack close together and lie straight and parallel to one another).
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Synthetic “textured” filament yarns (made of filament fibers that do not lie straight, close, and parallel) give greater comfort than older types of synthetic fabrics, which were made of flat multifilament yarns (made of straight filaments that pack close together and lie straight and parallel to one another).
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Monofilament fibers are less elastic and stiffer than continuous multifilament nylon fibers.
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Note: Yarns of one or more filaments are usually referred to as monofilament or multifilament, respectively
Chapter 9 1983
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Unifi, a leading producer of multifilament polyester and nylon textured yarns that employs
Los Angeles Business News - Local Los Angeles News | Los Angeles Business from bizjournals 2010
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In particular, this applies to multifilament yarns coated with such CNT dispersions.
D Mag - News 2010
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An interesting development using multifilament yarns is a new fabric heater made by weaving CNTEC conductive yarns from Kuraray Living Co.,
D Mag - News 2010
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