(of a fabric, textile, etc) made by means other than weaving, knitting, or spinning
woven and nonwoven fabrics
nonwoven in American English
(nɑnˈwouvən)
adjective
(of a fabric)
made of fibers autogenously bonded through the action of a chemical agent or heating device, or adhering by means of resinous substances
Word origin
[1940–45; non- + woven]
Examples of 'nonwoven' in a sentence
nonwoven
The different structures of the fibers result in different total surface areas of nonwoven fabrics.
Mevlut Tascan, Ph.D., Edward A. Vaughn, Ph.D. 2008, 'Effects of Fiber Denier, Fiber Cross-Sectional Shape and Fabric Density on AcousticalBehavior of Vertically Lapped Nonwoven Fabrics', Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabricshttp://www.jeffjournal.org/papers/Volume3/Tascan.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A nonwoven geotextile was layered within the filter media.
Parneet Paul, Kiran Tota-Maharaj 2015, 'Laboratory Studies on Granular Filters and Their Relationship to Geotextiles for StormwaterPollutant Reduction', Waterhttp://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/7/4/1595. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The porosity and pore diameter distribution are important characteristics of nonwoven fiber media.
Joseph L. Lowery, Gregory C. Rutledge, Chia-Ling Pai 2009, 'Characterization by Mercury Porosimetry of Nonwoven Fiber Media with Deformation',Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabricshttp://www.jeffjournal.org/papers/Volume4/4.3Rutledge1-13.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These mixtures were sewn in between polypropylene nonwoven fabrics.
YUKSELOGLU S. Muge, UZUN Muhammet, OVALI Sabih 2018, 'THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF CHICKEN FEATHER AND PUMICE STONE REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICCOMPOSITE MATERIALS', Annals of the University of Oradea: Fascicle of Textiles, Leatherworkhttp://textile.webhost.uoradea.ro/Annals/Vol%20XIX-No%202-2018/Textile/Art.%20no.%20332-pag.%20111-114.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Nonwoven protection and plant density did not influence the early yield.
Adalberto Vitor Pereira, Rosana F. Otto, Marie Y. Reghin 2003, 'Respostas do feijão-vagem cultivado sob proteção com agrotêxtil em duas densidadesde plantas Response of snap beans cultivated in two plant densities under nonwowenprotection in Brazil', Horticultura Brasileirahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-05362003000300030. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Three nonwoven geotextiles and silty sand were employed in the test series.
Anna Miszkowska, Stanislav Lenart, Eugeniusz Koda 2017, 'Changes of Permeability of Nonwoven Geotextiles due to Clogging and Cyclic Water Flowin Laboratory Conditions', Waterhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/9/9/660. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In this study, the nonwoven fabric was subjected to thermo-mechanical, morphological,and shape memory analysis.
Joanna Walczak, Michał Chrzanowski, Izabella Krucińska 2017, 'Research on a Nonwoven Fabric Made from Multi-Block Biodegradable Copolymer Basedon l-Lactide, Glycolide, and Trimethylene Carbonate with Shape Memory', Moleculeshttps://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/22/8/1325. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
To improve these properties, dual-layer nanofibrous nonwoven mats were studied in this work.
Yuliang Dong, Junhua Kong, Chenzhong Mu, Chenyang Zhao, Noreen L. Thomas, XuehongLu 2015, 'Materials design towards sport textiles with low-friction and moisture-wicking dualfunctions', Materials & Designhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127515303567. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)