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Cotton fiber   /kˈɑtən fˈaɪbər/   Listen
Cotton fiber

noun
1.
Soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state.  Synonyms: cotton, cotton wool.






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"Cotton fiber" Quotes from Famous Books



... is the basis of all vegetable cell walls. Cotton fiber represents almost pure cellulose. From it are made paper and woven tissues. In paper manufacture, woody fiber is made into a pulp, washed, bleached, filtered, hot- pressed, and sometimes glazed. Parchment paper, vegetable ...
— An Introduction to Chemical Science • R.P. Williams

... a new standard light for photometric purposes, which promises to be very simple and effective in operation. The light is produced by an open flame of amyl-acetate burning from a wick of cotton fiber which fills a tube of German silver 1 in. long and 316 mils. internal diameter; the external diameter being 324 mils. The flame is 1.58 in. high from top to bottom; and it should be lighted at least ten minutes ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. • Various



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