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Thread > Yarn by twist > Twist
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Twist  
DEFINITION
  • n. From the Middle English "twyst" "twyste" "twiste". It refers to the twist of a thread around itself, around its axis, resulting from spinning, twisting, throwing or plying. The number of turns in a given unit of length indicates the tightness of the twist.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • CIETA. Vocabulary of technical terms of fabrics (English, French, Italian, Spanish). Lyon: Centre  International d’Etude des Textiles Anciens, 1964; Burnham, Dorothy. Warp and Weft. A Textile Terminology. Royal Ontario Museum, 1980. Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Torsion

French

Torcitura

Italian

Torsión

Spanish

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