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Glossary

What is Tex?

A universal yarn-fineness system where a higher number means a thicker yarn, the opposite direction from the Ne system.

This term in other languages

Arabicتكس (Tex)
FrenchTex
TurkishTeks (Tex)

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Yarn count systems: Ne and Tex, and how to convert between them

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