In a rope in which the strands are built up of two or more layers of wires, the greater the number of wires in each strand the greater is the rope's flexibility.
Kwintambo apho imisonto yakhiwa khona ngeemaleko ezimbini okanye ezininzi zeengcingo, ukukhula kwenani leengcingo kumsonto ngamnye kukukhula kobubhetye-bhetye bentambo.