Unit 3 vocab by Jeanilyn Coley

Absorbency

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The ability of a fabric to take in moisture.

Bias

jcole4954 — 2025-09-08 15:50:27 UTC

Any direction in fabric that is diagonal to the lengthwise and crosswise grains, bias is at 45 degrees to the grain.

Biodegradable

jcole4954 — 2025-09-08 15:54:53 UTC

The ability of a material to break through interaction with bacteria and fungi.

Cellulosic

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A type of fiber derived from plant-based cellulosic.

Colorfast

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The ability of a fabric to maintain its color and resist fading.

Drape

jcole4954 — 2025-09-08 16:01:12 UTC

The way a fabric hangs or falls under its own weight

Durable

jcole4954 — 2025-09-08 16:05:58 UTC

The ability of a fabric to resist wear through continual use.

Finishing

jcole4954 — 2025-09-08 16:10:37 UTC

The final treatment or process applied to textiles to improve their appearance, performance, or feel.

Fossil fuel

jcole4954 — 2025-09-08 16:13:04 UTC

A generic term that is used for non-renewable fuels, such as coal and its byproducts.

Grain

jcole4954 — 2025-09-08 16:15:05 UTC

The direction of yarn in the fabric. There is a lengthwise grain (warp) and a crosswise grain (weft). A fabric is “on grain” if the warp and the weft are at a 90-degree angle to each other.

Greige goods

jcole4954 — 2025-09-08 16:18:52 UTC

An unfinished fabric, just removed from a knitting machine or loom, but has received no finishing

Hand

jcole4954 — 2025-09-08 16:19:47 UTC

The way a fabric feels when it is touched.

Natural fiber

jcole4954 — 2025-09-08 16:22:17 UTC

A classification of various fibers directly from animal, minerial, or plant sources.

Natural dyes

jcole4954 — 2025-09-08 16:24:02 UTC

Dyes that are made from mineral, plant, or animal, otherwise obtained by natural sources

Piece dye

jcole4954 — 2025-09-08 16:26:01 UTC

Dyeing of a fabric into solid colors after weaving or knitting.

Pilling

jcole4954 — 2025-09-08 16:27:19 UTC

A tangled ball of fibers that appear on the surface of a fabric,

Polymer fiber

jcole4954 — 2025-09-08 17:00:04 UTC

A subset of artificial fibers, which are based on synthetic chemicals rather than from natural materials by a purely physical process

Protein fiber

jcole4954 — 2025-09-08 17:02:51 UTC

Natural fibers that are formed by animal sources.

Resiliency

jcole4954 — 2025-09-08 17:06:05 UTC

The ability of a fabric to spring back to its original shape after being twisted, crushed, wrinkled, or distorted in any way.

Selvage

jcole4954 — 2025-09-08 17:09:24 UTC

The thin compressed edge of a woven fabric which runs parallel to the wrap yarn and prevents raveling.

Semi-synthetic

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Fibers derived of from a naturally occurring fiber through a chemical process.

Synthetic

jcole4954 — 2025-09-08 17:15:06 UTC

Fibers made through chemical processes

Warp

jcole4954 — 2025-09-08 17:16:44 UTC

the set of yarn running lengthwise - machine direction - parallel to the selvage and interwoven with the filling

Weft

jcole4954 — 2025-09-08 17:17:48 UTC

the filling yarns that run perpendicular to the warp yarns.

Wicking

jcole4954 — 2025-09-08 17:20:54 UTC

Dispersing or spreading the moisture or liquid through a given area by capillary action in mineral.