Glossary

A natural fiber obtained from an animal source.

Also searched as animal fibre

Describing cotton quality through grade and instrument/visual quality determinations.

Also searched as USDA cotton classing

A fiber form of very great length that is treated as continuous.

Also searched as continuous-filament fiber · continuous-filament fibre

Fibre obtained from the bolls of the cotton plant (Gossypium).

A single-celled extension of the cotton-seed epidermis.

Also searched as cotton fibre

Also searched as ginning

Short, thick-walled fuzz fibers distinct from long lint fibers and used as chemical-cellulose feedstock.

Also searched as fuzz fiber

Also searched as nep

The generic name used in many regions for the synthetic elastic fiber called spandex in the United States.

Also searched as spandex

The canonical project English term for a fine textile material unit.

Also searched as fibre

Degree of cell-wall thickening relative to fiber perimeter/area reference.

Force required to break a cotton fiber bundle, commonly reported in grams per tex in USDA classing.

The canonical fiber-entity name for textile fiber obtained from the flax plant.

Also searched as flax fibre

A non-proprietary name used for a defined fiber category or material type.

Also searched as generic fiber name · generic fibre name

Also searched as Pima cotton

Also searched as upland cotton

Mean length divided by upper-half-mean length, expressed as a percentage.

Cotton fibers removed from seed during ginning.

Also searched as cotton lint · lint

A generic regenerated cellulosic fiber formed by a direct-dissolution solvent-spinning route.

Also searched as lyocell fibre

A broad fiber class whose fibers are produced through a manufacturing process.

Also searched as man-made fiber · manufactured fibre · man-made fibre

A cotton air-flow result affected jointly by fineness and maturity.

A distinct regenerated cellulosic fiber made through a modified viscose route and defined by its wet mechanical performance.

Also searched as modal fibre

A broad fiber class whose fibers occur in nature rather than being manufactured as fibers.

Also searched as natural fibre

A natural fiber obtained from a plant source.

Also searched as plant fibre · vegetable fiber · vegetable fibre

A fiber formed from a polyamide polymer; the class is broader than the conventional textile polyamides commonly called nylon.

Also searched as polyamide fibre

Baled fiber after ginning, before scouring/bleaching in the cited nonwoven guide.

A manufactured fiber formed by dissolving or otherwise processing cellulose and forming it again as fiber.

Also searched as regenerated cellulose fiber · man-made cellulosic fiber · regenerated cellulosic fibre · regenerated cellulose fibre · man-made cellulosic fibre

Harvested cotton fiber still containing cottonseed.

Fiber in discontinuous lengths suitable for assembly into yarn or other textile structures.

Also searched as staple fibre

A manufactured fiber whose fiber-forming substance is a synthetic polymer.

Also searched as synthetic fibre

A large, substantially untwisted bundle of continuous filaments, commonly used as an intermediate material form.

A protected sign or name that identifies a commercial source or brand rather than the generic fiber category.

Also searched as trade mark

Average length of the longer half of fibers in the prepared HVI beard.

Also searched as USDA AMS

A regenerated cellulosic fiber made by the viscose process.

Also searched as viscose rayon · rayon · viscose fibre