Show distinctive trade term the term rayon as a generic name to be applied to all artificial silks has come into quite general use having been indorsed endorsed Indor sed by many trade associations and being applied by different producers to their products the wordis french one of its meanings boing being a ray as of light and the thought in the minds of certain ot of those who sponsored it was that being a term unknown to most of the english atwould it would permit of no confusion in its if use it was believed that it could not be mistaken for anything else and would still be applicable to the product as expressing its outstanding character characteristic istle of luster |