Fineness, английский 1. a relative measure of fiber size expressed in denier or tex for manufactured fibers. for cotton, fineness is expressed as the mean fiber weight in micrograms per inch. for wool, fineness is the mean fiber width or mean fiber diameter expressed in microns (to the nearest 0.001-millimeter). 2. for yarn fineness, see yarn number. 3. for fineness of knit fabrics, see gauge.
