By Lindee Goodall

Denier

Denier—Unit or weight used to measure the fineness of thread with low numbers representing finer sizes and higher numbers representing heavier yarns. Equal to the weight in grams of 9,000 Crepe meters of thread. Deniers are represented by the weight of the strands of thread, a slash and the number of strands per thread–120/2Den.

Unit or weight used to measure the fineness of thread with low numbers representing finer sizes and higher numbers representing heavier yarns. Equal to the weight in grams of 9,000 Crepe meters of thread. Deniers are represented by the weight of the strands of thread, a slash and the number of strands per thread–120/2Den.

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