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| Category | English Term | Synonyms | Short definition (EN) | DE | FR | ES | IT | CN | VN | ||||||||||||
| Thread fundamentals and construction | Yarn | Textile yarn | A continuous textile strand made from fibres or filaments and used to make thread or textile structures. | Garn | Fil | Hilado | Filato | 纱线 | Sợi | ||||||||||||
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A finished sewing thread may consist of several single yarns twisted together.
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| Processes and finishing | Yarn dyeing | Thread dyeing | Dyeing yarn or thread before it is incorporated into a textile product. | Garnfärbung | Teinture du fil | Tintura del hilo | Tintura del filato | 纱线染色 | Nhuộm sợi | ||||||||||||
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State whether dyeing occurs before or after twisting where relevant.
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