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Definition: A unit of weight expressing the size or coarseness of a natural or synthetic fiber or yarn. The weight in grams of 9000 meters of a fiber or yarn; the lower the denier, the finer the yarn.

1 denier = wt. in g/9000 m = 1/9 tex

Used for continuous filaments. See also CUT, GREX, and TEX.
Definition Copyright ©1989 CRC Press LLC. All rights reserved.

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