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hairiness

French translation: pilosité

15:38 Sep 4, 2008
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
English term or phrase: hairiness
A silk cocoon doesn’t consist of a homogenous filament. The denier and the *hairiness* of the silk vary from outer to inner layer.

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Daphnee
Local time: 06:40
French translation:pilosité
Explanation:
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Lizinbristol
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merci
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3pilosité
Lizinbristol
4 +1Fibrillation
Myriam Dupouy
3pelosité
emiledgar
3ébouriffage
Arnold T.
Summary of reference entries provided
Hélène Treloar

  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
pelosité


Explanation:
c'est la qualité du poil du verqui change; plus poilu à l' extèrieure, plus soyeux à l' intèrieure.

emiledgar
Belgium
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
pilosité


Explanation:
Cf texte du CNRS relatif à ce sujet
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=188146

Lizinbristol
PRO pts in category: 4
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merci

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hélène Treloar
5 mins
agree  Isabelle Pelchat
24 mins
agree  Gustavo Silva
1 hr
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Fibrillation


Explanation:
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Note added at 30 mins (2008-09-04 16:08:56 GMT)
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Le lexique des tissus: F - La Bobine
Fagara variété de soie sauvage produite par la chenille de l'Attacus atlasis, ... La fibrillation est la formation de bouloches en surface d’une étoffe. ...
labobine.over-blog.com/pages/Le_lexique_des_tissus_F-553236.html - 64k - En cache - Pages similaires

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Note added at 34 mins (2008-09-04 16:13:25 GMT)
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[DOC]
Géniale l’araignée
Format de fichier: Microsoft Word - Version HTML
Le fil de soie de l’araignée est constitué par un entrelacement d'un nombre élevé de fibrilles élémentaires, de 0,05 µm de diamètre chacun. ...
www.pedagogie.ac-nantes.fr/servlet/com.univ.collaboratif.ut... - Pages similaires

Myriam Dupouy
France
Local time: 06:40
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yolanda Broad: Also confirmed in Termium: "The process of splitting longitudinally oriented fibre, textile film or tape into a network of interconnected fibres" "Can also refer to a fibrillar failure"
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  -> Thank you very much Yolanda !
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
ébouriffage


Explanation:
GDT / textile :

hairiness = ébouriffage n. m.



Arnold T.
Canada
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28 mins
Reference

Reference information:
may be this can help


    Reference: http://files.bridecenter.com/tienda/nuevoanuncio/html/descri...
Hélène Treloar
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