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Thread > Yarn by twist > Twist > Z-Twist
PREFERRED TERM
Z-Twist  
DEFINITION
  • While holding a yarn or cord in a vertical position, when the spiral (axis resulting of spinning. twisting, throwing or plying) follows the spiral (central part) of the letter Z, that is, the spiral of the yarn conforms in slope to the central portion of the letter Z.
BROADER CONCEPT
ENTRY TERMS
  • open band
  • right-hand
  • right-twist
  • warp-twist
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2015; Burnham, Dorothy. Warp and Weft. A Textile Terminology. Royal Ontario Museum, 1980; Segal, William. Encyclopedia of Textiles. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1972.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Torsion Z

French

Torsione a Z

Italian

Torsión Z

Spanish

URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/698
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