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rayon

cellulose-based synthetic fiber
Class type of: synthetic fiber, regenerated cellulose fibre Q910194

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
fiber
Producer
American Viscose Corporation[2]
Subclass of
synthetic fiber, regenerated cellulose fibre[3][4]
Described by source
Wikidata item[5]
Different from
viscosity[6]
Image harvest run
pdhero-20261109T032439Z
Image last checked license
CC BY-SA 3.0
Image unavailable reason
no_pd_license
P14950
209[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en viscose en viscose staple fiber en acetate filament en viscose fiber en artificial silk en rayon ar الرايون ar رايون cs viskózové vlákno cs Viskóza de Reyon de Rayon de Viskosefaser de Acetatseide de Zellwolle el ρεγιόν es Rayón acetato es Rayon viscosa es rayón es Rayon acetato
🔖 Identifiers · 28
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85111604
GND ID
4188413-9
OpenAlex ID
C2776321517, C71139939, C2187297
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Close up of rayon fabric from Blauwe japon zonder mouw.JPG ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300014059
BNCF Thesaurus ID
36691
BabelNet ID
00066318n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
119759558
Colon Classification
F573
CosIng number
79457
Dewey Decimal Classification
677.4
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/viscose-rayon, topic/rayon-textile-fibre
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Europeana Fashion Vocabulary ID
10361
FAST ID
1090464
Freebase ID
/m/015hg2
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
raio
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0136765
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1916353
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
rayon
KBpedia ID
Rayon
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
71139939
Museum-digital tag ID
12394
NALT ID
23538
NDL Authority ID
00574838
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007563243905171
PM20 ware ID
144056
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
viskozinis-pluostas
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
04064044-n

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🔗 Connections
← Made from material 8
bed sheet, gauze, foulard, kente cloth, voile, lampas, glen plaid, duchesse
Subtypes 3
viscose, modal, cuprammonium rayon
← Product or material produced 2
British Enka Artificial Silk Co., The Cabot Manufacturing Company
Created notable works 1
Antonio Bernocchi
Different from 1
viscosity
Instance of 1
fiber
Subclass of 1
synthetic fiber
← FactGrid item ID 1
Studenov
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Summary

rayon is a fiber[1].

Related Entities

British Enka Artificial Silk Co.

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Jerimee · 2026-10-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Wikidata item
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: Wikidata item"
  2. 5w ago · ZI Jony · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'as', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'cv', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'e
    P14950 → 209
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14950: 209"
  3. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Producer → American Viscose Corporation
    Instance of → fiber
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007563243905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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