nylon
(noun) a synthetic fabric
nylon
(noun) a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
nylon (countable and uncountable, plural nylons)
Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer.
(in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.
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NYLON
(often, attributively) New York-London, a reference to transatlantic life, people who spend time in both cities, or a transatlantic culture featuring both cities.
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Source: Wiktionary
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
