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Elastane

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Spandex, lycra. uncountable

    "2005, W. Schindler, E. Finnimore, 8: Chemical analysis of damage to textiles, Qinguo Fan (editor), Chemical Testing of Textiles, CRC Press, Woodhead Publishing, page 212, The resistance to ageing of elastane fibres is much better than that of the rubber threads previously used, which were particularly susceptible to oxidation."

Etymology

From elastic + -ane.

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