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<p>A <b>staple fiber</b> is a <a href="page.php?w=textile">textile</a> <a href="page.php?w=fiber">fiber</a> of discrete length. The opposite is a <b>filament fiber</b>, which comes in continuous lengths. Staple length is a characteristic fiber length of a <a href="page.php?w=Sample_%28statistics%29">sample</a> of staple fibers. It is an essential criterion in <a href="page.php?w=yarn">yarn</a> <a href="page.php?w=Spinning_%28textiles%29">spinning</a> and aids in cohesion and <a href="page.php?w=Twist_per_inch">twisting</a>. Compared to synthetic</p><p>
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