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| Bias | The diagonal grain of a fabric |
| Bleaching | Chemical processes that remove color impurities, or spots from fibers |
| Blend | A combination of two or more fibers that maximizes the best features of each fiber |
| CAD (Computer Aided Design) | Computersystem software used for desigining textiles, fashion, apparel, and other products |
| Cellulosic Fibers | Fibers derived from plants |
| Chemical Finishes | Finishes that become part of the fabric through chemical reactions with the fibers |
| Cotton | The soft, white, downy fiber (boll) attached to the seed of a cotton plant |
| Denier | Thickness or diameter of a fiber |
| Dyeing | A method of giving color to a fiber, yarn |
| Fabric Finishing | Applying colors, designs, or surface treatments that change the look, feel, or the performance of fabrics |
| Fabric | Any material that is made by weaving, knitting, braiding, knotting, laminating, felting, or chemical bonding |
| Fiber | The smallest unit in a textile fabric |
| Filament Fibers | Long, continuous fibers of high quality |
| Finishes | Treatments applied chemically or mechanically to a fabric, yarn, or fiber to change its apperance, performance, or feel |
| Flax | The fiber that comes from the stem or a flax plant |
| Fur | The soft, hairy coat of an animal |
| Gauge | The number of stitches, or loops, per inch in a knitted fabi |
| Grain | The direction of the lengthwise and crosswise yarns or threads in a woven fabric |
| Hand | The way a fabric feels to the touch |
| Knitting | Constructing fabric by looping yarns together |
| Leather | A tough, flexible material made by preserving animal hides through a process called tanning |
| Manufactured Fibers | Fibers that are man-made (synthetic) and begin as thick liquids |
| Mechanical Finishes | Finishes that are applied mechanically rather than chemically |
| Microfibers | Ultra fine, soft, luxurious fibers possessing the same desirable qualities as expenisive natural fibers but costing less and requiring less special care |
| Natural Fibers | Fibers from plants or animal sources. |
| Plain Weave | The simplest weave in which the weft (crosswise) yarn is passed over then under each warp (lengthwise) yarn |
| Printing | The process of adding color, pattern, or design to the surface of fabrics |
| Protein Fibers | Fibers derived from animals or insects |
| Satin Weave | A weave that produces a smooth, shiny-surfaced fabric resulting from passing the weft yarn over and under numerous warp yarns to create long floats |
| Silk | The fine, lustrous fiber that comes from a cocoon spun by a silkworm |
| Staple Fibers | Lower quality, short fibers |
| Suede | Leather with a napped surface on the flesh side |
| Twill Weave | A weave in which the weft yarn is passed over and under one, two, or three warp yarns beginning on warp yarn back on each new row |
| Warp Knits | Knits made with several yarns creating loops that interlock in the lengthwise direction |
| Warp Yarns | Yarns that run lengthwise in woven fabric |
| Weaving | The process of interlacing one or more sets of yarns at right angles on a loom |
| Weft Knits | Kints made with only one yarn that runs crosswise forming a horizontal row of interlocking loops |
| Weft Yarns | Yarns that run crosswise in woven fabric |
| Wicking | A fiber's ability to draw moisture away from the body |
| Wool | The fiber that forms the coat of sheep |
| Yarn | A group of fibers twisted together to form a continuous strand |
