A similar result can be obtained from the angle of the lay, which is the angle between the line of the strands and that of the rope; the greater the angle the harder the lay.
Iziphumo ezizizo zingafunyanwa ngokwe - engile ebekiweyo, ethi ibekwe kwi-engile ephakathi ngomgca onomsonto naleyo yentambo, ubukhulu be-engile nokuqina kokubekwa kwayo.