multifilament
adjective
(alsomulti-filament)uk/ˌmʌl.tiˈfɪl.ə.mənt/us/ˌmʌl.tiˈfɪl.ə.mənt//ˌmʌl.taɪˈfɪl.ə.mənt/A multifilamentthreadconsists of severalfilaments(=thinthreadsorfibres):
It is made ofstrongmultifilamentyarn.
Thecompanymakes multi-filamentpolyesterandnylontexturedyarns.
- Oldernetsshould bereplacedbybiodegradablemultifilamentnetsmade out of amateriallikecotton.
- It's a thermoplastic multifilamentyarnthat's used as a high-strengthreinforcement.
- Virtually allsyntheticstringstoday have more than onestrandoffibrein them;therefore, they are multifilament.
- Multifilamentmeshhas beenassociatedwithchronicinflammation.
Textiles: general words
- baize
- Bargello
- bias
- brocade
- cloth
- cutpiece
- denier
- gauze
- nap
- padding
- pile
- pill
- reweave
- strand
- suiting
- swatch
- textile
- upholstery
- webbed
- yarn