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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 jac·quard /ˈʤæˌkɑrd/
 傑卡織機; 提花機; 提花織物

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Jac·quard a. Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834.
 Jacquard apparatus or Jacquard arrangement, a device applied to looms for weaving figured goods, consisting of mechanism controlled by a chain of variously perforated cards, which cause the warp threads to be lifted in the proper succession for producing the required figure.
 Jacquard card, one of the perforated cards of a Jacquard apparatus.
 Jacquard loom, a loom with Jacquard apparatus.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Jacquard
      n 1: French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could
           automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)
           [syn: Joseph M. Jacquard, Joseph Marie Jacquard]
      2: a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom
      3: a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the
         passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in
         weaving figured fabrics [syn: Jacquard loom]