Skein may refer to: * A flock of

geese A goose (: geese) is a bird of any of several waterfowl species in the family Anatidae. This group comprises the genera '' Anser'' (grey geese and white geese) and ''Branta'' (black geese). Some members of the Tadorninae subfamily (e.g., Egyp ...

ducks Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family (biology), family Anatidae. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and goose, geese, which are members of the same family. Divided among several subfam ...

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 An axle or axletree is a central shaft for a rotation, rotating wheel and axle, wheel or gear. On wheeled vehicles, the axle may be fixed to the wheels, rotating with them, or fixed to the vehicle, with the wheels rotating around the axle. In ...

, to which the wheel is mounted * Skein (unit), a unit of length used by weavers and tailors * Skein dubh, a Scottish knife *

Skein module In mathematics, the Alexander polynomial is a knot invariant which assigns a polynomial with integer coefficients to each knot type. James Waddell Alexander II discovered this, the first knot polynomial, in 1923. In 1969, John Horton Conway, John ...

, a mathematical concept * Skein relation, a mathematical concept often used to give a simple definition of knot polynomials *

Skein (comics) Skein (real name Sybil Dvorak, also known as Gypsy Moth and Sybarite) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The character first appeared in ''Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew), Spider-Woman' ...

, 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.

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