Skein
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Skein
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s
k
eɪ
n
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may refer to:
A flock of
geese
or
ducks
in flight
A wound ball of yarn with a centre pull strand; see
Hank
A metal piece fitted over the end of a wagon
axle
, to which the wheel is mounted
Skein (unit)
, a unit of length used by weavers and tailors
Skein dubh
, a Scottish knife
Skein (fish)
, the egg sack of the fish eggs and/or the eggs themselves
Skein module
, a mathematical concept
Skein relation
, a mathematical concept often used to give a simple definition of knot polynomials
Skein (comics)
, a fictional supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe
Skein (hash function)
, a candidate hash function to the NIST hash function competition from Bruce Schneier et al.