Definition of Mercerization

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mercerization

mercenarian
mercenarians
mercenaries
mercenarily
mercenariness
mercenarinesses
mercenary
mercenary(a)
mercer
merceries
mercerisation
mercerise
mercerised
mercerises
mercerising
mercerization (current term)
mercerizations
mercerize
mercerized
mercerizes
mercerizing
mercers
mercership
mercerships
mercery
merces
merch
merchand
merchanded
merchanding

Literary usage of Mercerization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Textiles by Paul Henry Nystrom (1916)
"ple of mercerization is sometimes employed to secure crepe effects in union goods, the mercerization attacking only one class of fibers or yarns, ..."

2. A Cotton Fabrics Glossary by Frank P. Bennett, & Co (1914)
"... while others ask for a suitable cloth for mercerization, although at present the yarns and counts are well enough known among buyers to be usually asked ..."

3. The Technical World (1904)
"... It is still an open question, in this country at least, as to the legal claimant to the process of producing luster on yarn by mercerization. ..."

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