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Bradford system

Bradford system proper noun: a traditional means of assessing the fineness of wool, by estimating how many 560-yard (512 m) hanks of single-strand yarn could be made by a good spinner from a pound (0.45 kg) of "top" (cleaned combed wool with the fibres all parallel).

Proper noun

the Bradford system

  1. A traditional means of assessing the fineness of wool, by estimating how many 560-yard (512 m) hanks of single-strand yarn could be made by a good spinner from a pound (0.45 kg) of "top" (cleaned combed wool with the fibres all parallel).

Questions about Bradford system

What does Bradford system mean?
Bradford system means a traditional means of assessing the fineness of wool, by estimating how many 560-yard (512 m) hanks of single-strand yarn could be made by a good spinner from a pound (0.45 kg) of "top" (cleaned combed wool with the fibres all parallel).
What part of speech is Bradford system?
Bradford system is a proper noun.

Words near Bradford system in the dictionary

  1. Bradford Hill criteria
  2. Bradford Hill criterion
  3. Bradford pear
  4. Bradford pears
  5. Bradford Peverell
  6. Bradford system
  7. Bradford West Gwillimbury
  8. Bradford's law
  9. Bradford-on-Avon
  10. Bradford-on-Tone
  11. Bradfordian

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