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What is "Construction" - Definition & Explanation
Last Updated on: 13-Feb-2023 (7 months, 17 days ago)
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Construction
A term used in identifying the structure of a yarn, fabric, or other textile material. For example, details such as denier (decitex), filament count, twist level and direction, and number of plies for a filament yarn; and type of weave, end and pick count, width, and number of yards per pound for a woven fabric.
Construction
(of fabric) - Includes count of warp threads (per inch) and weft threads (per inch).

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