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  2. Flocking (texture) - Wikipedia

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    A diagram of flocking texture. 1 fiber 2 adhesive 3 substrate. Flocking is defined as the application of fine particles to adhesive-coated surfaces, usually by the application of a high-voltage electric field. In a flocking machine the "flock" is given a negative charge whilst the substrate is earthed. Flock material flies vertically onto the ...

  3. Fabric (geology) - Wikipedia

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    Primary fabric (bedding) shown by abrupt change in clast size, secondary fabric shown by penetrative S-fabric, cleavage, in fine-grained rock, and by shape fabric in deformed volcanic clasts. Cape Forchu, Nova Scotia. In geology, a rock's fabric describes the spatial and geometric configuration of all the elements that make it up.

  4. Flocking - Wikipedia

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    Flocking is the behavior exhibited when a group of birds, called a flock, are foraging or in flight. Sheep and goats also exhibit flocking behavior. Computer simulations and mathematical models that have been developed to emulate the flocking behaviours of birds can also generally be applied to the "flocking" behaviour of other species.

  5. Flock - Wikipedia

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    Dorothea Flock (1608–1630), German woman convicted of witchcraft; Fonty Flock (1920–1972), American stock car racer; brother of Bob Flock and Tim Flock; Hans Flock (born 1940), Norwegian judge; James F. Flock, United States Marine Corps general; Janine Flock (born 1989), Austrian skeleton racer; Kay Flock (Kevin Perez, born 2003), American ...

  6. Cashmere wool - Wikipedia

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    Cashmere scarves. Cashmere wool, usually simply known as cashmere, is a fiber obtained from cashmere goats, pashmina goats, and some other breeds of goat.It has been used to make yarn, textiles and clothing for hundreds of years.

  7. Flock worker's lung - Wikipedia

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    Flock worker's lung is an occupational lung disease caused by exposure to flock, small fibers that are glued to a backing in order to create a specific texture. People who work in flocking are at risk of inhaling small pieces of the flock fibers, which causes interstitial lung disease . [ 1 ]

  8. Dotted Swiss (fabric) - Wikipedia

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    Dotted Swiss, or Swiss Dot, is a sheer cotton fabric embellished with small dots. It is a fine, lightweight plain weave cotton fabric, ornamented with embroidery or flocking with dotted patterns. The dots sequence is possible in several ways and colors. The placement of dots can be regular to irregular and single color or multicolor.

  9. Geomorphology - Wikipedia

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    John Edward Marr in his The Scientific Study of Scenery [23] considered his book as, 'an Introductory Treatise on Geomorphology, a subject which has sprung from the union of Geology and Geography'. An early popular geomorphic model was the geographical cycle or cycle of erosion model of broad-scale landscape evolution developed by William ...