Spandexn.
/ˈspandɛks/ Originally U.S.
(a) A synthetic elastomeric fibre composed largely of polyurethane. (b) A proprietary name for certain fabrics made from this fibre.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > synthetic resins and plastics > [noun] > synthetic rubber > specific
methyl rubber1919
Thiokol1930
polychloroprene1931
polyisobutylene1931
polybutadiene1935
polyisoprene1935
polysulphide1935
Buna1936
neoprene1937
Perbunan1938
butyl rubber1940
camel-back1942
polyesteramide1943
polydiene1946
nitrile rubber1947
cold rubber1948
SBR1956
Spandex1959
nitrile1983
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from man-made fibres > [noun] > synthetic > elastic or stretch
shirr1858
sandaling1881
Lycra1958
Spandex1959
elastane1972
1959 Federal Register 10 Feb. 981/3 The following generic names for manufactured fibers..are hereby established... Spandex, a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is a long chain synthetic elastomer comprised of at least 85 percent of a segmented polyurethane.
1962 New Scientist 22 Mar. 697/1 As materials classified as spandex may have 15 per cent of some other compound to be introduced with the polyurethane, wide variations in fibre properties are possible.
1968 Trade Marks Jrnl. 7 Feb. 176/2 Spandex... All goods included in Class 22 made wholly or substantially of spandex fibres. Monsanto Chemical Company..U.S.A.; manufacturers.—4th Sept. 1964.
1972 Brazilian Bull. (Brazilian Trade Centre, London) Apr. 3 The Brazilian subsidiary of the U.S. Du Pont company is to build a factory at Paulínia..for the production of Lycra Spandex fibre.
1973 Materials & Technol. VI. iv. 334 The illustration shows cross-sections through three well-known brands of spandex fibre, these being ‘Lycra’.., ‘Spanzelle’.., and ‘Vyrene’.
1978 Neiman-Marcus Christmas Bk. 26 Nylon and spandex maillot.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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