Zylon
[ˈzaɪ.lɒn]Meaning
An English trademark name for a synthetic fibre also called PBO.
Background Story
Zylon is a trademarked name for a range of thermoset liquid-crystalline polyoxazole, invented and developed by SRI International in the 1980s and manufactured by Toyobo. The fibre has been used in body armour, tennis racquets and snowboards. A user-submitted entry records it as a rare modern American given name for boys.
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