Meaning of "skein" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SKEIN

From Old French escaigne, of unknown origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SKEIN

skein  [skeɪn]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SKEIN

Skein is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SKEIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Skein

Skein may refer to: ▪ A flock of geese or ducks in V formation flight ▪ A wound ball of yarn with a centre pull strand, see Hank ▪ TV Series, used part of Variety's slanguage. ▪ Skein dubh, a Scottish knife ▪ Skein module, a mathematical concept ▪ Skein relation, a mathematical concept often used to give a simple definition of knot polynomials ▪ Skein, a fictional supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe ▪ Skein, a candidate hash function to the NIST hash function competition from Bruce Schneier et al. ▪ The part of an axle that a wagon wheel is mounted to.

Definition of skein in the English dictionary

The definition of skein in the dictionary is a length of yarn, etc, wound in a long coil. Other definition of skein is something resembling this, such as a lock of hair.

TRANSLATION OF SKEIN

Find out the translation of skein to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of skein from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «skein» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 绞纱
• Translator English - Spanish: madeja
• English: skein
• Translator English - Hindi: अंटी
• Translator English - Arabic: خصلة خيوط
• Translator English - Russian: моток
• Translator English - Portuguese: meada
• Translator English - Bengali: জট
• Translator English - French: écheveau
• Translator English - Malay: Skein
• Translator English - German: Strang
• Translator English - Japanese: かせ
• Translator English - Korean: 타래
• Translator English - Javanese: Skein
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cuộn chỉ
• Translator English - Tamil: skein
• Translator English - Marathi: स्केन
• Translator English - Turkish: çile
• Translator English - Italian: matassa
• Translator English - Polish: motek
• Translator English - Ukrainian: моток
• Translator English - Romanian: jurubiță
• Translator English - Greek: κουβάρι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: warboel
• Translator English - Swedish: nystan
• Translator English - Norwegian: nøste

QUOTES WITH «SKEIN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word skein.

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Aldo Leopold

One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk of March thaw, is the Spring.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SKEIN»

Discover the use of skein in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to skein and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

101 Designer One-Skein Wonders: A world of possibilities ...

There's something for everyone! Designer Possibilities for Your Single Skeins Brought to you by your favorite knitwear designers, here are 101 playful patterns, each requiring only a single ball of yarn.

Judith Durant, 2007

With a Tangled Skein

Niobe's only chance to save them was to accept a challenge by the Prince of Deceit--a challenge to be decided in Hell and in a maze of Satan's devising! From the Paperback edition.

Piers Anthony, 2008

The Tangled Skein

Holmes receives a potentially lethal package, the first strand in the tangled skein, which he will need to unravel before this new adventure is resolved.

David Stuart Davies, 2006

Positive Mind, Healthy Heart!

Now, Luxury Yarn One-Skein Wonders, the third book in this popular series, brings indulgence to the one-skein concept.

Joseph C. Piscatella, 2012

One-Skein Wonders

They really should be used, but for what? Here are 101 original and charming solutions to the perpetual one-skein problem.

Judith Durant, 2006

The Skein

An introduction to the next book of the Skein: SECRETS OF THE SKEIN Ann Herrick is a survivor. To be able to survive she invents, or discovers, or recovers? the Skein. The very source of the Skein is a mystery—an ancient mystery. As she  ...

Elizabeth Schaeffer, 2012

The Skein Of Lament: Book Two of the Braided Path

Across this world plays an action packed plot of politics, violence and betrayal. This is an extraordinary fantasy for the 21st century.

Chris Wooding, 2010

Fortune's Tangled Skein: A Novel

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series.

Jeannette H. Walworth, 2010

Encyclopaedia of Mathematics, Supplement III

The skein calculus (cf. also Skein module), developed by J.H. Conway, leads to the universal partial Conway algebra. Invariants of links, wl, yielded by (partial) Conway algebras have the properties that for the Conway skein triple Z/-f, L- and  ...

Michiel Hazewinkel, 2001

Knots 90: Proceedings of the International Conference on ...

A survey of skein modules of 3-manifolds Jim Hoste and JozefH. Przytycki Abstract. This paper is a short survey and guide to the literature of the rapidly developing theory of skein modules. These are modules which may be associated to any ...

Akio Kawauchi, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SKEIN»

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Thunder Losing Skein Reaches Five

PORTLAND, ME – A second-straight walk-off loss at the hands of the Portland Sea Dogs pushes the Thunder losing streak to five games, as a wild pitch got to ... «Pinstriped Prospects, Jul 15»

Jude Law Will Topline Paolo Sorrentino's TV Skein 'The Young …

Jude Law will topline Italian director Paolo Sorrentino's TV series, with the working title “The Young Pope,” about an imaginary pontiff who is the first ... «Variety, May 15»

A tangled skein from ancient Rome

Imagine 2,000 years later, a historian trying to unravel the “truth” of the Abraham Lincoln or the John F Kennedy assassination from the tangled skein of ... «Business Standard, Apr 15»

Scandi Major Svensk Set To Adapt 'A Darker Sky' Into TV Skein

CANNES– Scandi major Svensk Filmindustri has picked up the rights to develop the bestselling crime novel “A Darker Sky” into a TV series. “A Darker Sky” is the ... «Variety, Apr 15»

TF1 Intl. Sells Harlan Coben's First TV Skein 'No Second Chance …

PARIS– TF1 International, the sales arm of France's top commercial network, is upping the ante on original drama series with the acquisition of two high-profile ... «Variety, Oct 14»

Mead and Knitting Join at Skep and Skein

Skep and Skein owners Dave Ross and Kriste Henderson named their bar after their passions: Skep, which is a type of beehive (and bees make honey and ... «ThurstonTalk, Sep 14»

Lars Von Trier Set To Direct English-Language TV Skein

Twenty years after creating Danish hit mini-series “The Kingdom,” Lars von Trier (“Nymphomaniac”) will head back into TV with “The House That Jack Built,” an ... «Variety, Sep 14»

PGS Sells Playmobil Skein 'Super 4' Across Europe, Asia and North …

Produced by Method Animation and Morgen Studios, the series sold to Neox Kidz (Atresmedia) in Spain, TV3 in Catalonia, Canal Panda in Portugal, RTBF in ... «Variety, Jul 14»

Unraveling The Tangled Skein Of Knitter's Lingo

All summer long, All Things Considered has been asking listeners to share words exclusive to their professions — words unknown to those outside their line of ... «Texas Public Radio, Jul 14»

Stratford ends skein with victory

Stratford High's Isaiah Booker (4) is defended by Bunnell High's Zach Martini (24) when the town boys lacrosse rivals met at Penders Field. The Red Devils ... «Stratford Star, May 14»