(medicine, historical) A thread of linen treated with celluloid, used for sutures.

A measure of the fineness of fabric; the total number of vertical and horizontal threads per unit of surface, such as a square inch.

(Internet, slang) On an Internet forum, the act of posting in a thread that is already considered dead and/or out of discussion.

a screw or worm gear having four equal threads and thus capable of being started in four places

(engineering) Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.

(computing) A thread of execution that is scheduled by a virtual machine, not natively by the underlying operating system.

lace made from linen thread

plural of thread snake

plural of thread lace

(Greek mythology) A metaphor for the lifespan of an individual, as generated by Clotho, measured out by Lachesis and terminated by Atropos. / (poetic) DNA. / The link of inheritance from past to present.