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Velcro

Velcro is a brand of versatile fastening devices, known as hook-and-loop fasteners, hook-and-pile fasteners, or touch fasteners, that allow two surfaces to be repeatedly attached and detached with ease. A trademark of Velcro Companies, the brand name is often used generically to refer to this type of fastener. Invented in the mid-20th century, it is…

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Velcro

Nodes114
Edges113
Triples80
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017544
Components1

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Velcro

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related to In popular culture · 39
Velcro → Apollo, April Fools' Day, As, Black, Brüno, Carbon Creek, David Letterman, Dr, Ed White, Enterprise, For, Garden State, Gus Grissom, In, In Star Trek, John Frankenheimer, Lexus, Men, Mestral, Milan
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Velcro → Alps, First, French, George, He, Hook-and-eye, Hook-and-loop, Mestral, On, Shrinking, Steven Vogel, Swiss, The, This, Werner Nachtigall, With
related to Jumping · 9
Velcro → David Letterman, February, It, Late Night, Letterman, NBC, Sometimes, Television, The
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Velcro → portmanteau of two French words

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hook-and-loop fasteners hooks used loops de force also new use two fastener mestral clothing one bond made often astronauts pieces

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Velcrois aportmanteau of two French words0.90text
Pierre Cardininstance ofas well as in the futuristic creations of fashion designers0.80text
André Courrègesinstance ofas well as in the futuristic creations of fashion designers0.80text
Paco Rabanne.Later improvements included strengthening the filament by adding polyester.In 1978instance ofas well as in the futuristic creations of fashion designers0.80text
de Mestral's patent expiredinstance ofas well as in the futuristic creations of fashion designers0.80text
prompting a flood of low-cost imitations from Taiwaninstance ofas well as in the futuristic creations of fashion designers0.80text
Chinainstance ofas well as in the futuristic creations of fashion designers0.80text
South Korea onto the marketinstance ofas well as in the futuristic creations of fashion designers0.80text
the United States Army's Army Combat Uniforminstance ofin particular on military attire0.80text
where it can attract unwanted attention in a battlefield environment.There are also some deficienciesinstance ofin particular on military attire0.80text
buttonsinstance ofwho may experience difficulty dressing themselves due to an inability to manipulate closures0.80text
zippers.Hook-and-loop-fastenerinstance ofwho may experience difficulty dressing themselves due to an inability to manipulate closures0.80text

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