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Roving
1. In spun yarn production, an intermediate state between sliver and yarn. Roving is a condensed sliver that has been drafted, twisted, doubled, and redoubled. The product of the first roving operation is sometimes called slubbing. 2. The operation of producing roving (see 1). 3. In the manufacture of composites, continuous strands of parallel filaments.
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