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Line
Chain Knots Nets Ribbon Rope Screen String Wire
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Chain

Line formed by conecting a series of links together.

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Knots

Formed by running a line through one or more loops and then tightening that line or loops.

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Nets

A line or rope can be formed into a netby knoting in a criss-crossed manner.Modern nets can be cast or stamped from plastic.

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Ribbon, As A Type Of Line, As A Found Thing, Eugene, Oregon

A ribbon or riband is a thin band of material, typically cloth but also plastic or sometimes metal, used primarily as decorative binding and tying. Cloth ribbons are made of natural materials such as silk, cotton, and jute and of synthetic materials, such as polyester, nylon, and polypropylene. Ribbon is used for useful, ornamental, and symbolic purposes.[from wikipedia]

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Rope, A Form of Line, As A Found Thing

Rope has tensile strength only with no compressive strength.

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Screen, As Woven Wire Or Line, As a Line Thing

A window screen (also known as insect screen, bug screen, fly screen, wire mesh) is designed to cover the opening of a window. It is usually a mesh made of metal wire, fiberglass, or other synthetic fiber and stretched in a frame of wood or metal. It serves to keep leaves, debris, insects, birds, and other animals from entering a building or a screened structure such as a porch,[from wikipedia]

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String

Actual, Not Theory

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Wire

Rope or string made of metal


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