0 an artificial substance used especially to make clothes, ropes, and brushes:
1 an artificial substance used esp. to make clothes, ropes, and brushes:
Many polymers, such as nylon, are artificial.
Her nightdress was made of brushed nylon .
After chopping, the suspension was passed through a 50 m mesh nylon filter.
Various nylons break down in fire and form hazardous smoke, and toxic fumes or ash, typically containing hydrogen cyanide.
Each of the opening holes was sealed with a piece of nylon screen to prevent the thrips from escaping.
Each hole connected by nylon hydraulic tubing to a ' fluid commutator ', a manifold containing a rotatable, ported centre-body.
The suspension was then filtered successively through 500 and 100 m nylon mesh filters.
