Fiber

//ˈfaɪ.bɚ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread. US, countable

    "The microscope showed a single blue fiber stuck to the sole of the shoe."

  2. 2
    a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth wordnet
  3. 3
    A material in the form of fibers. US, uncountable

    "The cloth is made from strange, somewhat rough fiber."

  4. 4
    the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions wordnet
  5. 5
    A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width. US, countable, uncountable

    "Please use polyester fiber for this shirt."

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  1. 6
    any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber) wordnet
  2. 7
    Dietary fiber. US, countable, uncountable

    "Fresh vegetables are a good source of fiber."

  3. 8
    coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis wordnet
  4. 9
    Moral strength and resolve. US, countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "The ordeal was a test of everyone's fiber."

  5. 10
    a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn wordnet
  6. 11
    The preimage of a given point in the range of a map. US, countable, uncountable

    "Under this map, any two values in the fiber of a given point on the circle differ by 2π."

  7. 12
    The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element). US, countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A kind of lightweight thread of execution. US, countable, uncountable

    "We've seen how to create a new fiber and convert the current thread into a fiber (which continues to run after the conversion), but we have yet to focus on how to schedule a new fiber onto the current thread."

  9. 14
    A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue. US, countable, uncountable

Etymology

From French fibre, from Old French fibre, from Latin fibra.

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