Satin the light reflecting is not scattered as much by the fibres, which have fewer tucks. Satin is usually a warp-faced weaving technique in which warp yarns are "floated" over weft yarns, although there are also weft-faced satins. If a fabric is formed with a satin weave using filament fibres such as silk, polyester or nylon, the corresponding fabric is termed a "satin", although some definitions insist that the fabric be made from silk. If the yarns used are short-staple yarns such as cotton, the fabric formed is considered a sateen. A satin fabric tends to have a high luster due
Satin swiftlet Satin swiftlet The satin swiftlet ("Collocalia uropygialis") is a small bird in the swift family Apodidae. It is endemic to the Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the glossy swiftlet. The satin swiftlet was described by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1866 as a subspecies of the glossy swiftlet with the scientific name "Collocalia esculenta uropygialis". The type locality is Aneityum, the southernmost island of Vanuatu. The epithet "uropygialis" is from the Latin "uropygialis" meaning "rump". The satin swiftlet was formerly