A braid ( also called plait ) is a complex structure or pattern formed by intertwining three or more strands of flexible material such as textile fibres, wire, or human hair.

Single braid consists of an even number of strands, eight or twelve being typical, braided into a circular pattern with half of the strands going clockwise and the other half going anticlockwise.

The central braid is formed from 2x2 ribbing ( knitting ) | ribbing in which the background is formed of purl stitches and the cables are each two wales of knit stitches.

Women braid each other's hair that they extend with plastic hair that they usually have to purchase, and cover it except the ends, in their ochre mixture.

Compared to the process of weaving a wide sheet of cloth from two separate, perpendicular groups of strands ( warp and weft ), a braid is usually long and narrow, with each component strand functionally equivalent in zigzagging forward through the overlapping mass of the others.

A property of the basic braid is that removing one strand unlinks the other two, as they are not twisted around each other.

Dorothy had given him a blue bow, for he had tied each braid with a different color hair bow.

Some multicore cables do contain an overall braid screen in addition to the individual screens on each core.

A method of making a lei by using a base material, such as softened tree bark or long leaves, and braiding it while adding the decorative plant material into each wrap of the braid.

Similarly, in the standard braid, each strand is above one of the others and below the other.

Unlike the simplest form of three-strand braid, in which all the hair is initially divided into three sections which are simultaneously gathered together near the scalp ( also known as an " English braid "), a French braid starts with three small sections of hair near the crown of the head ; these initial sections are braided together toward the nape of the neck, gradually adding more hair to each section as it crosses in from the side into the center of the braid structure.

* Dutch braid-A Dutch braid ( also called an inverted French braid or pineapple braid ) is created when the three hair sections are crossed under each other, instead of over.

The standard braid is Brunnian: if one removes the black strand, the blue strand is always on top of the red strand, and they are thus not braided around each other ; likewise for removing other strands.

Coaxial cable conducts electrical signal using an inner conductor ( usually a flexible solid or stranded copper wire ) surrounded by an insulating layer and all enclosed by a shield layer, typically a woven metallic braid ; the cable is often protected by an outer insulating jacket.

The shield might be just two braids, but it is more common now to have a thin foil shield covered by a wire braid.

Solder wick, also known as desoldering wick or desoldering braid, is fine, braided 18 to 42 AWG copper wire coated with rosin flux, usually supplied on a roll.

Lear borrowed $ 5, 000 from his friend Algot Olson to make machines to wrap the strands, braid the wire, and wind the coils.

Just as removing one Borromean ring unlinks the remaining two, removing one strand of the standard braid unbraids the other two: they are the basic Brunnian link and Brunnian braid, respectively.

This hitch performs well on both 16 strand arborist climbing lines and the 11 mm double braid lines like Blaze and Velocity.

Concurrently, until the early 1980s, U. S. Navy and U. S. Coast Guard captains selected for promotion to the rank of rear admiral ( lower half ), would wear the same insignia as rear admiral ( upper half ), i. e., two silver stars for collar insignia or sleeve braid of one wide and one narrow gold stripe, even though they were actually only equivalent to one-star officers.

This may be formed by making a wide braid from the same material as the cords or by inserting a piece of a different material such as leather.

Double braid, also called braid on braid, consists of an inner braid filling the central void in an outer braid, that may be of the same or different material.

In solid braid the strands all travel the same direction, clockwise or anticlockwise, and alternate between forming the outside of the rope and the interior of the rope.

The trousers are of the same cloth as the coat and either have a very wide single line of braid or two narrow lines of braid sewn very close together running down both side seams.

The sleeve braid is embellished with the Royal Crest of Canada and this same embroidered crest is worn on the shoulder straps.

The hairstyle is From France world ; in the French language, the same hairstyle is called tresse africaine (" African braid ") or tresse indienne (" Indian braid ").

Sometimes the tomte would even braid its hair and tail.

The soles of espadrilles are now commonly made with jute rope or braid, which is favored because of its eco-friendliness compared to synthetic substances.

( explains the definition by bracket polynomial and its relation to Jones ' formulation by braid representation )

However, a French braid is more difficult to construct than a simple braid because of its greater complexity ; when performed on one's own hair, it also requires a more prolonged elevation of the hands above the back of the head, and leaves more tangled hair along the scalp when unbraiding.

* Fishtail braid-A fishtail braid resembles a French braid in its smoothly woven appearance, but divides the hair into only two sections instead of three.

It has the traditional name Adhafera ( Aldhafera, Adhafara ), from the Arabic الضفيرة al-ðafīrah " the braid / curl ", a reference to its position in the lion's mane.

A Brunnian braid is a braid that becomes trivial upon removal of any one of its strings.

A section of RG-59 cable with its end stripped. A: outer plastic sheathB: copper braid shieldC: inner dielectric insulatorD: copper-plated core ( sometimes solid core )

The end of a length of braid is positioned over the solder to be removed and the portion in contact with the joint is heated with a soldering iron ; as it is heated, the solder melts and is wicked into the braid by capillary action.

# Zouave jacket in bright red with ball fringe and braid trim is waist length and cutaway in front, 1864.

It shows her full length, wearing a black dress with silver braid, and of course adorned with much valuable jewellery: gold necklaces and bracelets, and a large gold brooch on her close-fitting bodice.

However, the term may also apply to a single braid regardless of length or tension, focusing instead on the knobby texture of the overall structure.

The dock of the tail is braided into a " French " style braid, which runs the length of the tailbone, with the remainder of the tail allowed to flow freely.

In the Old Republic, Padawans usually wore a hair braid on the right side of their head which was removed with a lightsaber upon attaining knighthood.

What Bright termed " mutually accessible centers " ( The Great Maze Book, 1973 ) also called " braid " mazes, allowed a proliferation of paths flowing in spiral patterns from a central nexus and, rather than relying on " dead ends " to hinder progress, instead relied on an overabundance of pathway choices.

A very different approach to the stability-decoherence problem is to create a topological quantum computer with anyons, quasi-particles used as threads and relying on braid theory to form stable logic gates.

From 1968 to June 2010, the winter service dress tunic featured only a wide gold braid around the cuff with three gold maple leaves, beneath crossed sword and baton, all surmounted by a St. Edward's Crown located on cloth shoulder straps.

* All men, regardless of ethnicity, were ordered to tie their hair into a single braid that would then be rolled and placed on top of the head, and then have a cap worn over the head.

The center braid is laced together and new strips are sewn on to make the braid longer as lacing continues.

In the Army, until December 1917 the rank bore no insignia other than a brown sleeve braid on blouses and an officer's cap device and hat cord.

On the visor of the service cap are two rows of gold oak leaves ; the air force wedge cap features gold braid on the edges of the ear flaps.

As the light streams in from the right it brightly glints on the braid and golden hair of the female dwarf, who is nearest the light source.

Image: Gold braid with star. JPG | A gold braid on a police uniform

Usually this uniform consisted of a short jacket known as a dolman, or later a medium-length " attila " jacket, both with heavy horizontal gold braid on the breast, and yellow braided or gold Austrian knots ( sújtás ) on the sleeves ; a matching pelisse ( a short-waisted overjacket often worn slung over one shoulder ); coloured trousers, sometimes with yellow braided or gold Austrian knots at the front ; a busby ( kucsma ) ( a high fur hat with a cloth bag hanging from one side ; although some regiments wore the shako ( csákó ) of various styles ); and high riding boots ( often Hessian boots ).

On Army ceremonial uniforms, it is usually rendered in gold braid ( black for rifle regiments ), on either both sleeves, or just the right, depending on unit custom.

Indeed, the braid group on two or more strands is infinite.