textile
Sign in to saveright|thumbtime=12|thumb|300px| Weaving demonstration on an 1830 handloom in the Museum Het Leids Wevershuis|weaving museum in [[Leiden ]]
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A textile is a fabric made by weaving, interlacing threads together to create cloth. Textiles have been important throughout history for making clothing, household items, and other everyday goods, as shown by museums dedicated to preserving traditional weaving techniques.
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- Etymology
- Textile
- Fabric
- Cloth
- History
- Textile industry
- Naming
- Related terms
- Types
- Consumer textiles
- Technical textiles
- Significance
- Serviceability in textiles
- Components
- Use and applications
- Other uses
- Source of knowledge
- Narrative art
- Decorative art
- Architextiles
- Currency
- Votive offering
- Fibre
- Global consumption
- Fibre sources
- Types
- Fibre properties
- Blends (blended textiles)
- Composition
- Uses of different fibres
- Natural fibres
- Plant
- Animal
- Microbes
- Mineral
- Synthetic
- Production methods
- Textile exports
- Changing dynamics of the market
- Finishing
- Coloration
- Colour matching
- Finishes
- Environmental and health impacts
- Environmental impacts
- Health impacts
- Chemicals use, advantage and health impacts
- Testing
- Laws and regulations
- Testing of textiles
- Picture gallery
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
right|thumbtime=12|thumb|300px| Weaving demonstration on an 1830 handloom in the Museum Het Leids Wevershuis|weaving museum in [[Leiden ]]
Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fibre-based materials, including fibres, yarns, filaments, threads, and different types of fabric. At first, the word "textiles" only referred to woven fabrics. However, weaving is not the only manufacturing method, and many other methods were later developed to form textile structures based on their intended use. Knitting and non-woven are other popular types of fabric manufacturing. In the contemporary world, textiles satisfy the material needs for versatile applications, from simple daily clothing to bulletproof jackets, spacesuits, doctor's gowns and technical applications like geotextiles.