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Ikat:
- a traditional technique resulting in a streaky effect, created by tying and dyeing lengths of yarn before weaving.
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Imagewear:
- a term used to describe apparel which is used to project a corporate identity. Examples include workwear, career wear and uniforms.
Last referenced in: Profile of Kwintet: A Leading Supplier of Workwear (Technical Textile Markets Issue 67)
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Immunogenicity:
- an immune (not susceptible) response.
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Implants:
- artificial substitutes used as a replacement for defective body parts.
Last referenced in: Nanofibres: From Finer Filters to Advances in Electronics, Energy and Medical Applications (Technical Textile Markets Issue 74)
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Industrial textiles:
- a category of technical textiles used as part of an industrial process, or incorporated into final products.
Last referenced in: Making the Transition from Traditional to Technical Textile Markets (Technical Textile Markets Issue 71)
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Innerwear:
- clothing, such as lingerie, designed to be worn next to the skin.
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Insensible perspiration:
- perspiration in the form of vapour, as distinct from liquid sweat.
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Intarsia:
- a motif design knitted in solid colours into a weft knitted fabric.
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Interlaced yarn:
- see intermingled yarn.
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Interlock double knitted fabric:
- a knitted fabric in which loops are locked to each other and both its faces are identical. This type of fabric has a bulky and soft handle and is used for making men's and women's T-shirts and also for producing furnishings.
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