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sisal sisal
sisal, a fibre used in making rope obtained from the leaves of the Agave sisalana. It is a hard fibre native to Central America, with cultivation of it later spreading to South America, Africa, Indonesia, the Philippines, and elsewhere. A hairy rope, it is, like hemp, a pale straw colour. In the... Read more
fiber fiber
fiber threadlike strand, usually pliable and capable of being spun into a yarn. Many different fibers are known to be usable; some 40 of these are of commercial importance, and others are of local or specialized use. Fibers may be classified as either natural or synthetic. The natural fibers may be... Read more
Jutes Jutes
Jutes. Bede's account of the Jutes is highly specific—that they were a Germanic people who inhabited a region north of the Angles and that their settlements in England had been in Kent, the Isle of Wight, and on the mainland just north of the Solent. Their leaders had been Hengist and Horsa.... Read more
cellulose cellulose
cellulose chief constituent of the cell walls of plants. Chemically, it is a carbohydrate that is a high molecular weight polysaccharide. Raw cotton is composed of 91% pure cellulose; other important natural sources are flax, hemp, jute, straw, and wood. Cellulose has been used for the... Read more
Wants Wants
Wants BIBLIOGRAPHY In economics, the term want refers to a wish or desire to own goods and services that give satisfaction. More generally, the concept involves the endless succession of material wants exhibited by all human beings. Material wants are the desires of consumers to obtain and use... Read more
jute jute
jute , name for any plant of the genus Corchorus, tropical annuals of the family Tiliaceae ( linden family), and for its fiber. Many species yield fiber, but the chief sources of commercial jute are two Indian species ( C. capsularis and C. olitorius ), grown primarily in the Ganges and... Read more
Pyrex Pyrex
Pyrex Background Pyrex glass is a borosilicate glass first produced by The Corning Glass Works company. It is made by heating raw materials like silica sand and boric oxide to extremely high temperatures for extended periods of time. The molten material is then processed... Read more
innate innate
innate 1. Applied to behaviour that is not learned (i.e. behaviour that is acquired genetically). In the 1950s and 1960s there was much debate concerning whether particular behaviour is innate or learned; today most ethologists hold that most behaviour has both innate and learned components and... Read more
canvas canvas
canvas strong, coarse cloth of cotton, flax, hemp, or other fibers, early used as sailcloth. Left in its natural color, bleached, or dyed, it has a wide variety of uses, as for game, duffel, sport, mail, and nose bags, tennis shoes, covers, tents, and awnings. Waterproofed with tar, paint, or the... Read more
fiber distributed data interface fiber distributed data interface
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