Skein
# Skein

Skein /skeɪn/ 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.
