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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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We were a single family of only twelve, in this rare fabric, among which I remember that I occupied the seventh place in the order of arrangement, and of course in the order of seniority also.
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
The tints remained during several minutes--fitting, changing, melting into each other; paling almost away for a moment, then reflushing--a shifting, restless, unstable succession of soft opaline gleams, shimmering over that air film of white cloud, and turning it into a fabric dainty enough to clothe an angel with.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
The refinements of his recent civilization expunged by the force of the sad calamity which had befallen him, left only the primitive sensibilities which his childhood's training had imprinted indelibly upon the fabric of his mind.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
 
 
 
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