Denier

Description

A unit of fineness used to number filament yarns such as rayon, nylon, and silk. Denier is a weight per unit length measure that is numerically equal to the weight in grams of 9000 meters of the material. Thus, a low denier number indicates a light, fine filament while a high denier number indicates a coarse, heavy fiber. Most countries outside the United States have switched from the denier system to the tex system.

Synonyms and Related Terms

denier(Esp.); denierof garennummer (Ned);

Authority

• G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971

• Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Dictionary of Fiber & Textile Technology (older version called Man-made Fiber and Textile Dictionary, 1965), Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Charlotte NC, 1990

• Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982

• Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles, Phyllis G.Tortora, Robert S. Merkel (eds.), Fairchild Publications, New York City, 7th edition, 1996

• The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998