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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

twill

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00200 01b00:02b00 a textile weave in which the filling threads pass over one and under two or more warp threads to give an appearance of 01b00diagonal lines02b02br
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00twill is cloth, usually cotton, that is woven in a way which produces 01b00parallel sloping lines02b00 across it.02br
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0No, parallel doesn't indicate a direction, just the relation of the lines to each other. 0-

— Nona the brit

  • 0No, parallel doesn't indicate a direction, just the relation of the lines to each other.
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0No, parallel doesn't indicate a direction, just the relation of the lines to each other. Parallel lines can run in any direction.0-
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0 Sorry Nona, I couldn't get you. Two diagonal lines cannot be parallel and in the second definition it says 01i00parallel sloping lines02i00. By the way, what are 01i00parallel sloping lines02i00? 0-
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0Jackson, diagonal lines CAN be parallel:02br
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0I think "sloping" is the culprit here. Once you lay a piece of cloth on a flat horizontal surface, there is no slope. Slope has an intimate relationship with gravity.02br
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01i00Edit02i00. I suppose if you were in outer space (no gravity) you'd have to say "deviation from the horizontal." Some would say there's no horizontal in outer space either. T
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0There is no problem with using sloping in this context.Cursive writing can slope - it is written at an angle to the horizontal. 02br
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00Here is an example of twilled fabric, with the lines sloping in two different directions: 02br
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0Thanks Feebs, I stand corrected. I now recall calculating the slope of a graph. - A.0-
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0 Thanks, everyone. By the way, I couldn't access your given URL, Feebs. 0-
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