Fibre

noun

Definitions

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

    "The microscope showed several different fibres stuck to the sole of the shoe."

  2. 2
    a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth wordnet
  3. 3
    Material in the form of fibres. uncountable

    "The cloth was made from strange, somewhat rough fibre."

  4. 4
    the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions wordnet
  5. 5
    Dietary fibre. countable, uncountable

    "Fresh vegetables are a good source of fibre."

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  1. 6
    any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber) wordnet
  2. 7
    Moral strength and resolve. countable, uncountable

    "The ordeal was a test of everyone’s fibre."

  3. 8
    coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis wordnet
  4. 9
    The preimage of a given point in the range of a map. countable, uncountable

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

  5. 10
    a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn wordnet
  6. 11
    Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A kind of lightweight thread of execution. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue. countable, uncountable

    "It is the deeper parts of such cells which give rise to delicate muscular fibres or networks of fibres, while the superficially placed body of the cell myoblast), the part which produces the above, performs other functions, and usually bears a cilium."

Etymology

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

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