Monikuituinen

Monikuituinen is a Finnish adjective meaning consisting of or made from multiple fibers. In technical contexts it describes materials, textiles, or structures that incorporate several distinct fiber strands rather than a single continuous filament.

Etymology and usage notes: The term is built from kuitu, meaning fiber, with the multiplier sense indicated by moni- and the adjective suffix -inen. It is common in Finnish engineering, textile, and materials science literature when describing fiber-based materials that involve multiple fibers.

Applications and scope: In textiles, monikuituinen describes fabrics or yarns composed of more than one fiber type or strand, such as blended or multifilament yarns. In fiber optics, it can refer to cables containing several optical fibers (multifiber cables). In composites and reinforcement, it describes matrices reinforced with many fiber filaments rather than a single monofilament. The term may also be used more generally to describe bundles or knitted structures assembled from multiple fibers.

Relation to related terms: The opposite is monokuituinen, literally single-fiber, used to denote single-filament variants such as monofilament yarns or single-fiber cables. In English-language texts, equivalents include multifiber or multifilament depending on context.