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ˈlaɪ krəly·cra

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  1. Lycranoun

    Trademark. A type of synthetic elastic fabric and fibre used for tight-fitting garments, such as swimming costumes.

  2. Lycranoun

    A tight-fitting garment made of Lycra.

  3. lycranoun

    spandex

Wikipedia

  1. lycra

    Spandex, Lycra, or elastane is a synthetic fiber known for its exceptional elasticity. It is a polyether-polyurea copolymer that was invented in 1958 by chemist Joseph Shivers at DuPont's Benger Laboratory in Waynesboro, Virginia, US.The generic name "spandex", which is an anagram of the word "expands", is the preferred name in North America. In continental Europe, it is referred to by variants of "elastane", including élasthanne (France), Elastan (Germany, Sweden), elastano (Spain), elastam (Italy), and elastaan (Netherlands); and in the UK, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand, it is primarily known as "Lycra". Brand names for spandex include Lycra (made by The Lycra Company, previously a division of DuPont Textiles and Interiors), Elaspan (The Lycra Company), Acepora (Taekwang Group), Creora (Hyosung), INVIYA (Indorama Corporation), ROICA and Dorlastan (Asahi Kasei), Linel (Fillattice), and ESPA (Toyobo).

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  1. acryl

  2. Carly

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Lycra in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Lycra in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Lycra in a Sentence

  1. Kelly Pasco:

    They bring the Lycra and we rent them the carbon fiber bikes.

  2. Simon Cusack:

    I was there in Rome on the day when German Steffen set the record and I remember thinking back then,' this one is going to stand for a while'. And it did, for the super-suit era, the sooner it can be erased, the better. It was just a tumultuous time in swimming history and what it did at the time was it made a bit of a joke out of world record standards. It really discriminated against the ones who set the previous ones in the old lycra costumes.

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