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Glossaries

Carpet and Fiber Glossary

 
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

A
  • AATCC (American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists)
  • Abrasive wear
  • Acid dyeable nylon
  • Adipic acid
  • Aesthetics
  • Affinity
  • Air-entangling (also known as intermingling, commingling or heathered)
  • Amine end groups
  • Antimicrobial
  • Antistatic properties
  • Antron® nylon
  • Antron® Brilliance™ nylon
  • Antron® Legacy nylon
  • Antron Lumena® solution dyed nylon
  • Antron with StainRESIST™ fiber technology
  • ASTM (The American Society for Testing and Materials)
  • Atmospheric fading test
  • Autoclave
  • Average pile density
  • Axminster
B
  • Back coating
  • Backing
  • Backing fabric
  • Backing systems
  • Bale
  • Barber-pole
  • BCF yarn
  • Beam
  • Beck Dye
  • Bleeding
  • Blend
  • Blending
  • Boucle
  • Branded fiber
  • Bright
  • Broadloom
  • Bulk development
  • Bulking
C
  • Cabled yarn
  • Caprolactam
  • Carding
  • Carpet tile
  • Cationic dyeable nylon
  • Cleanability
  • Colorfastness
  • ColorLink
  • Color matching
  • Commercial matching
  • Commingled yarn
  • Construction
  • Continuous dyeing
  • Continuous filament
  • Continuous heatsetting
  • Converter
  • Cotton count
  • Creel
  • CRI (The Carpet and Rug Institute)
  • Crimp
  • Crockfastness
  • Crocking
  • Cross section
  • Crushing
  • Curvilinear crimp
  • Cushion-backed carpet
  • Cut and loop pile
  • Cut pile
D
  • Decitex
  • Deep-dyeing fibers
  • Delamination
  • Deluster
  • Delustering
  • Denier
  • Density
  • Differential dyeability
  • Dimensional stability
  • Drawing
  • Drop match
  • DSDNŽ solution dyed nylonŽ
  • DuraTech® soil resistant treatment
  • Dye lot
  • Dye methods
  • Dye sites
E
  • End
  • Extra heavy traffic
  • Extrusion
F
  • Face weight
  • Fadeometer
  • Fading
  • Fading tests
  • Fiber
  • Fiber engineering
  • Fiber shape
  • Fiber size
  • Filament
  • Filament count
  • Finishing
  • Flame resistance tests
  • Flame-resistant
  • Fluorine analysis
  • Fluorochemical
  • Foot traffic units
  • Frames
  • Frieze
  • Fusion Bonding
  • Fuzzing
G
  • Gauge/pitch
  • Graphics machine
  • Greige goods
H
  • Hand
  • Heather
  • Heatsetting
  • Heavy traffic
  • Heddle
  • Hexamethylene diamine
  • Hexapod drum test
  • Hollow filament fibers
  • Hybrid carpet
I
  • Intermingling
  • International Gray Scale for Color Change
  • International Gray Scale for Staining
  • INVISTA
  • ISO (The International Organization for Standardization)
J
  • Jute
K
  • Knitting
  • Knit-de-Knit
  • Kuster
L
  • Latex
  • Level loop pile
  • Light traffic
  • Lightfastness
  • Loop pile
  • Luster
   M
  • Matting
  • Melting point
  • Metameric color match
  • Methenamine pill test
  • Mill-extruded fiber
  • Moderate traffic
  • Modified delta cross section
  • Modular carpet or tile
  • Monofilament
  • Moresque
  • Multifilament
  • Multilevel loop pile
N
  • Nonwoven
  • Nylon
  • Nylon flake (or chip)
  • Nylon type 6
  • Nylon type 6,6
O
  • Olefin fiber
  • Optimum twist
  • Ozone fading
P
  • Packaged dyed
  • Pad-dyed
  • Parallel spinning
  • Patterned loop
  • Pattern match
  • Pattern streaks
  • Picks per inch
  • Piece dyed
  • Pigment
  • Pigmented yarns
  • Pile
  • Pile crush
  • Pile height
  • Pile reversal
  • Pile thickness
  • Pile weight
  • Pile yarn
  • Pilling
  • Pill test
  • Pin drafter
  • Pitch
  • Ply
  • Polyester fiber
  • Polymer
  • Polymerization
  • Polypropylene
  • Post-dyed
  • Pre-dyed
  • Primary backing
  • Printed carpet
  • Private label
  • Producer-colored pigment
  • PVC
Q
R
  • Radiant panel test
  • Random sheared
  • Red 40 Stain Scale
  • Repeat
  • Resilience
  • Rows or wires
S
  • Sawtooth crimp
  • Saxony
  • Secondary backing
  • Selvage
  • Set match
  • Shading
  • Shearing
  • Singles yarn
  • Skein dyed yarn
  • Sliver
  • Smoke chamber test
  • Soil hiding
  • Soil resistance
  • Solution dyed
  • Space dyed
  • Spinnerette
  • Spinning
  • Spun yarn
  • Stain resistance
  • Staple fiber
  • Static control
  • Static control test
  • Static shock
  • Stitches per inch
  • Stock dyed
  • Suessen
  • Superba
  • Surface area
  • Surface energy
  • Synthetic fiber
T
  • Tensile strength
  • Texture
  • Textured loop
  • Texture retention
  • Texturizing
  • Tip definition
  • Tip sheared carpet
  • Tip shearing
  • Titanium dioxide (TiO2)
  • Total weight
  • Tow
  • Tuft
  • Tuft bind
  • Tufted carpet
  • Tufting
  • Turns per inch
  • Turn per tuft
  • Twist
  • Two-ply
U
  • Unitary
  • Urethane
V
  • Velvet carpet
  • Vettermann drum test
  • Vinyl
W
  • Warp
  • Watermarking
  • Weaving
  • Weft
  • White dyeable fiber
  • Wilton
  • Wires
  • Wool
  • Woolen spinning
  • Worsted spinning
  • Woven backing
  • Woven carpet
X
  • Xenon arc lamp
  • XTI® nylon
Y
  • Yarn
  • Yarn count
  • Yarn construction
  • Yarn dyeing
  • Yarn ply
  • Yarn size
  • Yarn weight
Z
  • Zippering

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