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UNTWISTED [20 records]

Record 1 2019-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship Maintenance
  • Shipbuilding
DEF

Untwisted rope used for caulking the seams... of a ship... forced in by chisel and mallet.

CONT

To seal a joint between ... wooden planks ... various materials such as oakum are used, hammered in with caulking tools.

PHR

to make oakum by untwisting old ropes, to pick oakum

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien des navires
  • Constructions navales
DEF

Chanvre non tordu en cordage, qui sert à calfater les navires en bois.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mantenimiento de los buques
  • Construcción naval
DEF

Masa de fibras bastas [...] usada en forma de mecha para calafatear el casco de los barcos de madera.

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Record 2 2016-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Knitted and Stretch Fabrics
DEF

A jersey fabric in which untwisted staple fibres have been knitted in at each loop to form a pile surface on the technical reverse side of the fabric.

OBS

silver high pile fabric: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tricot et tissus extensibles
DEF

Tricot à base jersey dans lequel sont introduites et tricotées des fibres. Les extrémités des fibres dépassent sur l'envers du tricot et donnent l'aspect d'une fourrure. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR et reproduite avec son autorisation.]

OBS

jersey imitation fourrure : terme normalisé par l'ISO et l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Knitted and Stretch Fabrics
CONT

jersey fabrics : Weft-knitted fabrics the technical face side of which shows face stitches, while the technical reverse side shows either reverse stitches alone or combined with floats, tuck loops, transferred loops, plush loops or untwisted staple fibres. Jersey fabrics are produced on one set of needles.

Key term(s)
  • jersey fabric knit
  • single-knit fabric
  • knitted jersey

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Tricot et tissus extensibles
DEF

Tricot à mailles cueillies dans lequel toutes les colonnes d'une face sont constituées uniquement par des mailles d'endroit, et l'autre face uniquement par des mailles d'envers.

OBS

tricot jersey : terme et définition normalisés par l'AFNOR; définition reproduite avec son autorisation.

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Glass Fabrics
  • Textile Industries
  • Plastic Materials
DEF

A change in length of a yarn attributable to the twist, expressed as a percentage of the length of the untwisted yarn.

OBS

coefficient of twist contraction: term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Key term(s)
  • twist contraction coefficient

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Verre textile
  • Industries du textile
  • Matières plastiques
DEF

Variation de longueur d'un fil due à la torsion, exprimée en pourcentage de la longueur du fil détordu.

OBS

coefficient de raccourt : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medición y análisis (Ciencias)
  • Vidrio textil
  • Industrias textiles
  • Materiales plásticos
DEF

Cambio en la longitud de un hilo, debido a la torsión, expresado como un porcentaje de la longitud del hilo sin retorcer.

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Record 5 2005-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
DEF

A type of texturising [in which] partially orientated yarn(POY) is first twisted in one direction and then untwisted by thermal and mechanical means [making possible] the production of yarn with a high bulk/stretch potential, which can also be controlled.

CONT

False twist texturizing of microfilaments.

Key term(s)
  • false twist-texturizing
  • false twist-texturing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
  • Filature (Textiles)
CONT

La texturation par fausse torsion consiste à étirer un fil de filaments, à le torsionner et à le chauffer de façon simultanée. Ce procédé très efficient permet de gonfler un fil pour lui conférer des propriétés thermo-isolantes ou autres, en plus de lui procurer des caractéristiques tactiles et visuelles propres. Le produit final est bobiné sur des tubes utilisés dans les procédés subséquents de teinture, de tissage et de tricotage.

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Silk (Textiles)
  • Embroidery (General)
DEF

Untwisted filaments of silk used in embroidery and crewel-work.

CONT

The geometric design [of the bag] is stitched ... and the background filled in with green, red, and blue silk floss ... In reproducing this bag I have made several adjustments ... While examining the original piece, I compared the colors of the original silk flosses to a DMC sample card ... For those wishing to re-create this embroidery as closely as possible, replace the evenweave embroidery cloth with 28 count linen, and use the DMC colors to choose matching silk floss shades.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Soieries
  • Broderie (Généralités)
CONT

Fils de bourre de soie pour la couture, la broderie, la passementerie.

OBS

Il existe deux sortes de fils de bourre de soie : 1. les fils de bourre de soie pour le tissage et la bonneterie; 2. les fils de bourre de soie pour la broderie, la couture et la passementerie.

Spanish

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Record 7 2002-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
CONT

Loose: not pressed close together: cloth with a loose weave.

CONT

Sliver : in yarn production, loose, soft, untwisted ropelike strand of textile fibre having a roughly uniform thickness.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
CONT

Tissu lâche, dont la trame n'est pas assez battue ou la chaîne pas assez serrée.

Spanish

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Record 8 2002-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Silk (Textiles)
CONT

Silk in fine filaments... Untwisted filaments of silk....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Soieries
CONT

La soie [...] sa production et sa transformation en fil sont relativement plus faciles et plus rapides [...] Pour obtenir plusieurs centaines de mètres [...] il suffit de dérouler le cocon formé par la chrysalide du ver à soie et de le laver à l'eau chaude pour enlever la substance gommeuse qui l'enrobe; il prend alors cet aspect brillant si séduisant. Le fil de soie n'a donc pas besoin d'être filé, il peut être utilisé tel quel, c'est ce que l'on appelle la soie «floche»; il est d'une grande souplesse et d'une élasticité supérieure à toutes les autres fibres. Il est également très solide, malgré sa finesse extrême, puisqu'il s'agit d'un fil continu [...] Enfin, à l'inverse de la laine et surtout du lin, il prend facilement et durablement la teinture, sans perdre son lustre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industrias textiles
  • Sedería
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Record 9 2001-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
  • Synthetic Fabrics
DEF

Yarn textured by a process in which the yarn is highly twisted, heat set and untwisted by continuous process.

OBS

false-twist textured yarn: Term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
  • Textiles artificiels et synthétiques
DEF

Fil texturé par un procédé au cours duquel le fil est fortement tordu, traité thermiquement, et détordu suivant un procédé continu.

OBS

fil texturé par fausse torsion : Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 10 2000-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chains and Cables (Mechanical Components)
CONT

... attaching commercial sockets of forged steel to wire rope ends... The wire rope is seized at the end and another seizing is applied at a distance from the end equal to the length of the basket of the socket... For large ropes, the seizing should be several inches long. The end seizing is now removed and the strands are separated so that the fiber core can be cut back to the next siezing. The individual wires are then untwisted and "broomed out" and for the distance they are to be inserted in the socket are carefully cleaned with benzine, naphtha, or unleaded gasoline.

CONT

There are three types of zinced endings: A cone is formed from molten zinc poured into a mold in which a frayed rope end has been inserted; sometimes a ferrule is used as mold and stays on after pouring the zinc; or sockets are used instead of the ferrule. An open socket has ears to hold a pin and cotter. A closed socket has a loop or "bail." Both are heavy forgings and find widespread use. All three zinced on endings need a good deal of preparation. The rope’s end must be broomed out, cleaned with acid and straightened. Special endings: such as thimbles, clips, and clamps are quicker and easier to apply than a zinc socket, but efficiency is not as high as with other attachments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Câbles et chaînes (Composants mécaniques)
DEF

User, déchirer par l'effet du frottement.

Spanish

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Record 11 2000-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
DEF

Card sliver. A thick, continuous rope of untwisted fibers produced by the card.

OBS

Card ... carding machine: a machine for combing and paralleling fibers of cotton, flax, wool, etc., prior to spinning to remove short, undesirable fibers and produce a sliver.

OBS

Sliver is delivered by the card, the comber, or the drawing frame. The production of sliver is the first step in the textile operation that brings staple fiber into a form that can be drawn ... and eventually twisted into a spun yarn.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Filature (Textiles)
CONT

Le démêlage des fibres est obtenu grâce à une machine appelée carde, et dont l'action, le cardage, a pour but de paralléliser les fibres [...] De la carde sort une nappe fibreuse extrêmement fine et transparente. Elle a pour nom voile de carde. Ce voile s'engage dans une sorte d'entonnoir qui la transforme en un gros cordon flou appelé ruban de carde.

CONT

Toutes les opérations précédentes ont pour objet [...] de mettre la matière en état de passer à la première machine de l'ensemble conduisant au métier à filer. Mais elle se présente sous des aspects divers : en rubans cardés [...].

OBS

Ruban : Ensemble continu, constitué de fibres discontinues légèrement liées les unes aux autres et pratiquement disposées parallèlement.

Spanish

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Record 12 1995-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wool Industry
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
CONT

... Combed products (worsted) ... This heading covers the slubbings, carded slivers, tops and rovings... and also cut or broken tops.

OBS

Top. A wool sliver that has been combed to straighten the fibers and to remove short fiber; an intermediate stage in the production of worsted yarn.

OBS

Top... a continuous untwisted strand of wool fibers of predetermined length from which the short fibers(noils) have been removed in the combing process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie lainière
  • Filature (Textiles)
Key term(s)
  • peigné

Spanish

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Record 13 1994-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Knitted and Stretch Fabrics
  • Knitting Techniques - Various
DEF

A knitted stitch into which untwisted staple fibres are incorporated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tricot et tissus extensibles
  • Techniques de tricot diverses
DEF

Maille incorporant des fibres individuelles d'un ruban de carde.

Spanish

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Record 14 1990-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nonwoven Textiles
  • Civil Engineering
CONT

In the production of filament non-wovens use can be made of yarn from a creel filled with spools of untwisted yarn, produced in a separate process, or of yarns spun and possibly drawn on the integrated non-woven machine. In the latter case a spun-bonded non-woven is produced. The drawn bundles of filaments are spread by air transport systems and laid down in layers on a conveyor belt. Thus an unbonded non-woven is formed, which is often held in place by suction through the conveyor belt. The non-woven is then bonded.

OBS

Nonwoven geotextiles made in a continuous line process, in which filaments are extruded, drawn, formed into loose web, and bonded, are called spunbonded. Some people have a tendency to restrict the use of the term spunbonded to the heatbonded nonwovens. This tendency is not justified. The term spunbonded implies that spinning (extruding and drawing) and bonding the filaments are made continuously .... Most of the nonwoven geotextiles made from filaments are spunbonded.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nontissés (Industries du textile)
  • Génie civil
DEF

Polyester ou verre à l'état de fusion passé dans une filière afin de former des fibres continues qui sont réunies suivant une orientation aléatoire sur une courroie continue pour produire une nappe qui, consolidée sous l'action de la chaleur et de la pression, constitue un matériau filé-lié.

OBS

Un non-tissé est constitué de fibres ou de filaments répartis de manière aléatoire et dont la cohésion est assurée par un traitement de liaison (chimique, thermique, mécanique).

Spanish

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Record 15 1989-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Knitted and Stretch Fabrics
DEF

Weft-knitted fabrics the technical face side of which shows face stitches, while the technical reverse side shows either reverse stitches alone or combined with floats, tuck loops, transferred loops, plush loops or untwisted staple fibres.

CONT

Jersey fabrics are produced on one set of needles.

OBS

A generic term applied to knitted piece goods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tricot et tissus extensibles

Spanish

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Record 16 1987-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
DEF

Term used to describe yarn without twist. Just as "S" and "Z" are used in S-Twist and Z-Twist, "I" [I-twistless] may be used to indicate the lack of twist.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Filature (Textiles)

Spanish

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Record 17 1986-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 18 1982-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Wiring (Building Elements)
OBS

CGE Plugs & Connectors-’Gator Grip’ works like a drill chuck. Nylon jaws clamp the cord and hold it firmly till untwisted. Takes cord sized 18/3 to 10/3. Transparent wiring chamber lets you inspect wiring contacts. Insulated grounded. 15A. PVC/ABS housing. [One type] locking plug cap.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations électriques (Éléments du bâtiment)
OBS

Fiches/raccords CGE - La section "Gator Grip" agit comme un mandrin de perceuse. Mâchoires nylon tenant le fil tant que vous ne détordez pas. Pour fils 18/3 à 10/3. Barillet transparent pour vérifier les contacts. Isolés/avec terre. 15A. Boîtiers PVC/ABS. [Un type]: fiche de verrouillage.

Spanish

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Record 19 1982-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Wiring (Building Elements)
OBS

CGE Plugs & Connectors-’Gator Grip’ works like a drill chuck. Nylon jaws clamp the cord and hold it firmly till untwisted. Takes cord sizes 18/3 to 10/3. Transparent wiring chamber lets you inspect wiring contacts. Insulated, grounded. 15A. PVC/ABS housing. [One type] angle plug cap

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations électriques (Éléments du bâtiment)
OBS

Fiches/raccords CGE - La section "Gator Grip" agit comme un mandrin de perceuse. Mâchoires nylon tenant le fil tant que vous ne détordez pas. Pour fils 18/3 à 10/3. Barillet transparent pour vérifier les contacts. Isolés/avec terre. 15A Boîtiers PVC/ABS. [Un type]: fiche angulaire

Spanish

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Record 20 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silk (Textiles)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
OBS

the bobbin(C) containing the untwisted thread of several silk filaments is fixed on to a--(A), with which it revolves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soieries
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
OBS

le moulin comprend des -- (fuseau) portant les bobines de fil devant recevoir la torsion.

Spanish

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