hairiness
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hairiness
noun hairinesses
- The characteristic of being hairy. 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, Observ. XXVI, We have had (says he) another of this kind brought us out of the East-Indies, which being planted was in shew like the former, but came not to perfection, the unkindly season not suffering it to shew the flower; but of the Cods that were brought, some
- A characteristic of yarn: the proportion of fibre ends that stick out and are not embedded in the yarn body. There was a reduction in hairiness of yarn after warping by about 17% in comparison to the hairiness of the wound yarn.
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noun the characteristic of being hairy
| Español | vellosidad |
|---|---|
| Français | pilosité |
| Italiano | pelosità, villosità |
Talk about this word "hairiness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hairiness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hairiness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hairiness "hairiness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hairiness.
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@misc{hairiness_2026,
title = {hairiness},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hairiness},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
