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for centuries, but what was new about hook-and-loop fasteners was the miniaturisation of the hooks and eyes. Shrinking the hooks led to the two other important differences. First, instead of a single-file line of hooks, hook-and-loop fasteners have a two-dimensional surface. This was needed, because reducing the size of the hooks also reduced the strength, requiring more hooks for the same strength. The other difference is that hook-and-loop has indeterminate match-up between the hooks and eyes. With larger hook-and-eye fasteners, each hook has

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