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plying

twisting two or more single strands of yarn together to produce stronger yarn, string, or rope
Class type of: textile process Q852345
plying
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Facts

7 properties
Subclass of
textile process[1]
Described by source
Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles[4]
Immediate cause of
twist[5]
Practiced by
Wikidata item[6]
Product
twine
Product or material produced
twine[3]
Said to be the same as
doubling[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en plying en twisting en twisted yarn en twining ar برم cs skaní da tvinde de Zwirnerei de Zwirnen es batido fi kerrata fr retordre he שזירה hu sodrás hu cérnázás hu varrócérna készítése it ritorcere ja 撚糸 nl getwijnd nl tweernen
🔖 Identifiers · 8
GND ID
7548727-5
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300232088
Freebase ID
/m/056qwk
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
troshchenie-2f845f
Iconclass notation
47H32
KulturNav-ID
91896e67-137d-428d-97b5-f007ff971a73
Museum-digital tag ID
51137, 13744
ScienceDirect topic ID
engineering/ply-twisting

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🔗 Connections
← Fabrication method 4
rope, string, sewing thread, cotton lisle
Product or material produced 1
twine
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  1. [1] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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