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weaving

1. The act of one who, or that which, weaves; the act or art of forming cloth in a loom by the union or intertexture of threads.

2. (Science: veterinary) An incessant motion of a horse's head, neck, and body, from side to side, fancied to resemble the motion of a hand weaver in throwing the shuttle.


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The Fiber Disease

... To all: Project Highlights PROJECT: To develop techniques and procedures for processing tissue, extracting and storing collagen, and spinning and weaving collagen fibers into fabrics and other forms suitable for human prostheses that could induce the body’s own cells to rebuild lost tissue while ...

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by London
Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:15 pm
 
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The Fiber Disease

... technology and come up with the next generation of cloth, what they are calling 'smart fabric'. A company called Luminex has hit on the idea of weaving fibre-optics into fabric, so the wearer can really light up a room when they enter it. Luminex's Cristiano Peruzzi says: 'It is a fabric containing, ...

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The Fiber Disease

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by Livvie
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The Fiber Disease

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Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:56 pm
 
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by Skytroll
Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:14 pm
 
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