Look up skein in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Skein /skeɪn/ may refer to: A flock of geese or ducks in flight A wound ball of yarn with a centre pull...

Skein relations are a mathematical tool used to study knots. A central question in the mathematical theory of knots is whether two knot diagrams represent...

Skein (real name Sybil Dvorak, also known as Gypsy Moth and Sybarite) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics....

A skein is a unit of length which has been used in the UK. As a measuring unit of cotton yarn or of silk, a skein equates to a "rap" or a "lea". One skein...

yarn in skeins. Unlike other types of yarn balls, a skein allows you to access both ends of the yarn. The yarn end in the inside of the skein is called...

candidate Keccak. The name Skein refers to how the Skein function intertwines the input, similar to a skein of yarn. Skein was created by Bruce Schneier...

The Tangled Skein was Baroness Orczy's second novel. First published under the title In Mary's Reign in 1901,[citation needed] it was re-released under...

With a Tangled Skein is a fantasy novel by Piers Anthony. It is the third of eight books in the Incarnations of Immortality series. In it, Niobe agrees...

A niddy-noddy is a tool used to make skeins from yarn. It consists of a central bar, with crossbars at each end, offset from each other by 90°. The central...

Winding the Skein is an oil painting by Frederic Leighton, first exhibited in 1878. Two canvases by Leighton were hung at the Royal Academy in 1878, the...

Peter Skene Ogden (alternately Skeene, Skein, or Skeen; baptised 12 February 1790 – 27 September 1854) was a British-Canadian fur trader and an early...

now called the Alexander–Conway polynomial, could be computed using a skein relation, although its significance was not realized until the discovery...

by Józef H. Przytycki and Paweł Traczyk. The polynomial is defined using skein relations: P ( u n k n o t ) = 1 , {\displaystyle P(\mathrm {unknot} )=1...

The sgian-dubh (/ˌskiːən ˈduː/ skee-ən-DOO; Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [s̪kʲənˈt̪u]) – also anglicized as skene-dhu – is a small, single-edged knife...

Lilias Skene or Lillias Skein (8 November 1628 – 21 June 1697) was a Scottish Quaker preacher, prophet and poet. She was born in 1628 as Lilias Gillespie...

Kazunoko (数の子), in Japanese cuisine, are the eggs or the ovaries (egg skeins) of the Pacific herring (Japanese: kazunoko nishin) that have been salted...

A wrap reel or skein winder is a device for measuring yarn and making it into hanks of a standard size. The reel is of a standard size and its revolutions...

In female human anatomy, Skene's glands or the Skene glands (/skiːn/ SKEEN, also known as the lesser vestibular glands or paraurethral glands) are two...

bolts instead of stones. It was also known as a 'skein-bow', and was a torsion device using twisted skeins of silk or sinew to power two bow-arms. The springald...

village its name. Various other transliterations and spellings (Skeen, Skin, Skein, Sk’in-pam) are also used to refer to the group. The Skinpah were extensive...

group of geese on the ground is a gaggle; when in flight, they are called a skein, a team, or a wedge; when flying close together, they are called a plump...

a skein relation for a version of the Alexander polynomial, usually referred to as the Alexander–Conway polynomial. The significance of this skein relation...

manufacturer and by product, a skein is usually considered 1/6th of a hank (either by weight or by length). One source identifies a skein of stranded cotton as...

2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021. "Jude Law Will Topline Paolo Sorrentino's TV Skein 'The Young Pope,' HBO on Board". Variety. 17 May 2015. Archived from the...

length of yarn is measured (usually a skein). The pointer allows the spinner to see how close they are to reaching a skein. The weasel's gear ratio is typically...

cabler and already a global phenomenon after only one season, the fantasy skein was a gamble that has paid off handsomely." The second season was also well...

Walpole – from left to right, Charlotte (holding a skein of silk), Elizabeth (winding Charlotte's skein onto a card) and Anna (producing tambour lace). Exhibited...

the age of 78. Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair (1991) The Tangled Skein (1992): Holmes battles Count Dracula in a re-imagining of the events of...

SHA-1 (compromised) SHA-2 SHA-3 BLAKE2 SHA-3 finalists BLAKE Grøstl JH Skein Keccak (winner) Other functions BLAKE3 CubeHash ECOH FSB Fugue GOST HAS-160...

indigo. Before 1915, cotton yarns were dyed using a skein dyeing process, in which individual skeins of yarn were dipped into dye baths. Rope dyeing machines...