Ease-Of-Care: A term used to characterize fabrics that can be restored to their original appearance after laundering with a minimum of ironing or other restoration. An ease-of-care fabric generally wrinkles only slightly upon laundering.

Elasticity: The ability of a strained material to recover its original size and shape immediately after removal of the stress that causes deformation.

Elongation: The deformation in the direction of load caused by a tensile force. Elongation is measured in: (1) units of length (e.g., centimeters, inches), or (2) calculated as a percentage of the original specimen length. Elongation may be measured at any specified load or at the breaking load.

End: 1. An individual warp yarn. A warp is composed of a number of ends. 2. An individual sliver, slubbing, roving, yarn, thread, or cord. 3. A short length or remnant of fabric.

Ethylene: A petroleum derivative, C2H4, which is the raw material for polyethylene.

Faille: A soft, slightly glossy woven fabric made of silk, rayon, cotton, wool, or man-made fibers of combinations of these fibers and having a light, flat crossgrain rib or cord made by using heavier yarns in the filling than in the warp.