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Definition of Terylene in English: Terylenenoun ˈtɛrɪliːn mass nounBritish trademark An artificial textile fibre made from a polyester, used to make light, crease-resistant clothing, bed linen, and sails. Example sentencesExamples - He wore a navy blazer with gilt buttons, smooth tubes of grey terylene trousers, a red and blue striped tie.
- This is the type of reaction used to form polyesters such as terylene and nylon.
- It's also known as polyester, Dacron and terylene.
- Developments in long-chain polymer chemistry during the middle decades of the 20th cent. gave rise to many products: polythene, nylon, and terylene.
- Plaited terylene line is nice to hold on to, especially when you need to drag yourself back down to the hook to disengage it, or use it for a bit of underwater rock-climbing.
- Splash out for terylene and enjoy the difference between that and rough polypropylene.
Origin 1940s: formed by inversion of (polyeth)ylene ter(ephthalate). |