See also. 1  Conversion of units, for comparison with other units of length. 2  Cubic metre. 3  Metric prefix. 4  Mileage. 5  Odometer. 6  Orders of magnitude (length) 7  Square kilometre.
Wool is the fiber from the fleece of the sheep or lamb or hair of the Angora or Cashmere goat (and may include the so-called specialty fibers from the hair of the camel, alpaca, llama, and vicuna) which has never been reclaimed from any woven or felted wool product. Virgin wool and new wool are also used to refer to such never used wool.
Properties of Wool Fiber. The characteristics of Wool fiber or protein fibers are as follows: Classification of Wool. The quality of wool fibers produced is based on the breeding conditions, the weather, food, general care etc. By sheep from which it is obtained. 2  By fleece. 3  These fibers are strong, fine and elastic fiber which is relatively short, ranging from 1 to 5 inches (25 â 125 mm). 4  Among the different wool fibers, merino wool has the greatest amount of crimp and has maximum number of scales.