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Fiber

noun
/ˈfaɪ.bə/
Word Frequency: 14.2

Definitions

1.nounA single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
"The microscope showed a single blue fiber stuck to the sole of the shoe."
2.nounA material in the form of fibers.
"The cloth is made from strange, somewhat rough fiber."
3.nounA material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
"Please use polyester fiber for this shirt."
4.nounDietary fiber.
"Fresh vegetables are a good source of fiber"
5.nounMoral strength and resolve.
"The ordeal was a test of everyone's fiber."
6.nounThe preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
"Under this map, any two values in the fiber of a given point on the circle differ by 2π"
7.nounSaid to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
8.nounA kind of lightweight thread of execution.

Synonyms

characterfibrevulcanized fibertextilelintfibreglassfibreboardfabricbranopticfibrousabsorbed

Rhymes With

fibretranscribersubscribercyberprescriberoptical fibrecyber-briber
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