fiber — English Dictionary

Noun

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

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

2. A material in the form of fibers.

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   The cloth is made from strange, somewhat rough fiber.

3. A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.

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   Please use polyester fiber for this shirt.

4. Dietary fiber.

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   Fresh vegetables are a good source of fiber.

5. Moral strength and resolve.

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   The ordeal was a test of everyone's fiber.

6. The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.

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

7. The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).

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8. A kind of lightweight thread of execution.

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   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. A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.

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Noun

1. a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn

   Synonyms

   fibre

   Broader terms

   materialstuff

2. coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis

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   roughagefibre

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   foodstufffood product

3. any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)

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   fibre

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   cell

4. the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions

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   characterfibre

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   trait

5. a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth

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   fibrevulcanized fiber

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   fabricclothmaterialtextile