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A

Acid dyeable nylon
Aesthetics
Affinity
Air-entangling
Amine end groups
Antron® nylon
Antron® Brilliance™ nylon
Antron® Legacy nylon
Antron Lumena® solution dyed nylon
Autoclave
Axminster

B

Barber-pole
BCF yarn
Beck dye
Bleeding
Boucle
Bright
Broadloom
Bulk development

C

Cabled yarn
Carpet tile
Cationic dyeable nylon
ColorLink
Color matching
Commercial matching
Commingled yarn
Construction
Continuous dyeing
Continuous filament
Cotton count
Cut and loop pile
Cut pile

D

Decitex
Deep-Dyeing Fibers
Denier
Deluster
Denier per filament (dpf)
Density
Differential dyeability
Drop match
Dull
DSDN® Solution Dyed Nylon
Dye lot
Dye methods
Dye sites

E

End

F

Face weight
Fiber
Fiber size
Frieze
Fusion bonding

G

Gauge/pitch
Graphics machine
Greige Goods

H

Hand
Heather
Heatsetting

I

Intermingling

Knitting
Knit-de-Knit

L

Level loop pile
Loop pile
Luster

M

Metameric Color Match
Mill-extruded fiber
Modular carpet or tile
Moresque
Multilevel loop pile

N

O

P

Package dyed
Pad dyed
Patterned loop
Pattern match
Pattern streaks
Picks per inch
Piece dyed
Pigment
Pigmented yarns
Pile
Pile height
Pile thickness
Pile weight
Pile yarn
Pitch
Ply
Post-dyed
Pre-dyed
Printed carpet
Producer-colored pigment

Q

R

Random sheared
Repeat

S

Saxony
Selvage
Set match
Shading
Shearing
Singles yarn
Skein dyed yarn
Solution dyed
Space dyed
Spun yarn
Staple fiber
Stitches per inch (SPI)
Stock dyed
Suessen
Superba

T

Texture
Textured loop
Tip definition
Tip sheared carpet
Tip shearing
Titanium dioxide (TiO₂)
Total weight
Tuft
Tufted carpet
Tufting
Turns per inch (TPI)
Twist
Two-ply

U

V

Velvet carpet

W

Warp
Weaving
Weft
Wilton
Woven carpet

X

XTI® Nylon

Y

Yarn
Yarn construction
Yarn count
Yarn denier
Yarn dyeing
Yarn ply
Yarn size
Yarn weight

Z