Glossary
What is Pile weight (GSM)?
A towel's total fabric weight expressed in grams per square metre (GSM); a standard textile-industry measure used to compare how plush or absorbent different towel constructions are.
This term in other languages
| Arabic | الوزن بالجرام لكل متر مربع (جرام/م2) |
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| French | Grammage (g/m2) |
| Turkish | Havlu gramajı (GSM) |
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