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fabric: see textiles textiles, all fabrics made by weaving, felting, knitting, braiding, or netting, from the various textile fibers (see fiber). Types of Textiles

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fabric
1. any cloth made from yarn or fibres by weaving, knitting, felting, etc.
2. the texture of a cloth
3. the texture, arrangement, and orientation of the constituents of a rock
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fabric [′fab·rik]
(architecture)
The framework of a building.
(geology)
The spatial orientation of the elements of a sedimentary rock.
(petrology)
The sum of all the structural and textural features of a rock. Also known as petrofabric; rock fabric; structural fabric.
(science and technology)
Arrangement or pattern of constituent parts.
Materials used in fabrication.
(textiles)
A thin, flexible mate rial made of any combination of cloth, fiber, polymeric film, sheet, or foam.

fabric
The basic elements making up a building; the carcass without finishings or decoration.


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