What is thread count?

What does thread count mean? Why does this determine their price?

This should give you all the information you need

http://www.isell2you.com/bedsensations/cgi-bin/thread_count.htm *

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Thread count is the number of threads going each way in one square inch of fabric. So higher thread count means more threads horizontally and vertically which gives you a more densely woven fabric usually making it last longer and sometimes much softer.