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• Skein — Skein, n. [OE. skeyne, OF. escaigne, F. [ e]cagne, probably of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. sgainne, Gael. sgeinnidh thread, small twine; or perhaps the English word is immediately from Celtic.] 1. A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Skein relation — A central question in the mathematical theory of knots is whether two knot diagrams represent the same knot. One tool used to answer such questions is a knot polynomial which is an invariant of the knot. If two diagrams have different polynomials …   Wikipedia

• Skein dubh — Скин ду шеффилдской фирмы «J. Nowill sons» a  в ножнах b  без ножен Скин ду (гэльск. Sgian Dubh  чёрный кинжал)  предмет национального шотландского мужского костюма, небольшой кинжал (в иной классификации нож) с прямым клинком. «Чёрным» кинжал… …   Википедия

• Textile manufacturing — is one of the oldest human industries. The oldest known textiles date back to about 5000 B.C. In order to make textiles, the first requirement is a source of fiber from which a yarn can be made, primarily by spinning. The yarn is processed by… …   Wikipedia

• Niddy noddy — with a removable crossbar. A niddy noddy (plural niddy noddies [1]) is a tool used to make skeins from yarn. It consists of a central bar, with crossbars at each end, offset from each other by 90°. The central bar is generally carved to make it… …   Wikipedia

• Characters from the Incarnations of Immortality — This article contains brief biographies for major characters from Piers Anthony s Incarnations of Immortality series. The protagonist of each book in the series, as well as some other major characters, are listed here.The IncarnationsZane On a… …   Wikipedia

• Knot theory — A three dimensional depiction of a thickened trefoil knot, the simplest non trivial knot …   Wikipedia

• Inform — This article is about the programming language. For other uses, see Inform (disambiguation). Inform Original author(s) Graham Nelson Developer(s) Graham Nelson …   Wikipedia

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

• The Books of Abarat — Abarat Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War Absolute Midnight The Dynasty of Dreamers The Eternal Author Clive Barker Illustrator Clive Barker Cover artist …   Wikipedia

• Character variety — In the mathematics of moduli theory, given an algebraic, reductive, Lie group G and a finitely generated group π, the G character variety of π is a space of equivalence classes of group homomorphisms More precisely, G acts on by conjugation and… …   Wikipedia