YARN
DEFINITION:
The word yarn or thread is used in common parlance to cover allthe linear textile structures. Yarns can be either “single” or “folded”.
“A yarn is an assemblage of fibres or filaments having asubstantial length and relatively small cross section, with orwithout twist, being the end product of a spinning andwinding process”
Assemblies of fibres or filaments which are intermediate productsin a spinning process are given special names such asSliver, roving, bave, top or tow, depending upon the processand the particular intermediate stage.
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