Designation:D123−15bStandardTerminologyRelatingtoTextiles1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD123;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheU.S.DepartmentofDefense.1.Scope1.1ThisstandardisthecompilationofallterminologydevelopedbyCommitteeD13onTextiles.1.1.1Thisterminology,consistsmostlyofdefinitions,whicharespecifictothetextileindustry.Meaningsofthesametermsusedoutsidethetextileindustrycanbefoundinothercompilationsorindictionariesofgeneralusage.1.1.2ThespecificD13subcommittee(SC)whichhasjuris-dictionalresponsibilityforeveryitemisthefirstattributionnotedafterthedefinition.TheSCterminologystandardinwhichallthetermsanddefinitionsappearislistedbynumberafterthejurisdictionfortheterm.Thewordingofanentrycannotbechangedwithouttheapprovalofthesubcommitteewhichhasjurisdiction.UsersofthiscompilationshouldalsoreviewtheSCterminologystandardlistedformoredetailsorinterpretationsofthesetermsandtheirusebytheSChavingjurisdiction.1.2Inadditiontobeingaspecializeddictionary,Terminol-ogyD123isalsoatoolformanagingthecommittee’sterminology.Thisincludesfinding,eliminating,andpreventingredundancies,thatis,wheretwoormoretermsrelatingthesameconceptaredefinedindifferentwords.Redundanciescanalsooccurwhenonedefinitionisusedfortwoormoreterms.1.3Whilethereviewforclarityandformaretheresponsi-bilityoftheterminologysubcommittee,theconceptofman-agingterminologyisthebroadresponsibilityofeverywriterofstandards,specificallythetaskgroupleaderandsubcommitteechairman.1.4Subsequenttoalistingofspecificsubcommitteecompilations,thisstandardiscomprisedofthefollowingsectionsthatarelistedintheorderinwhichtheyappear.1.4.1AlphabeticallistingoftermswithdefinitionsfollowedbySCattributioninbracketsandSCterminologystandard.1.4.2AnnexA1TermsRelatingt...
