fibre
See also: fibré
English
Alternative forms
- fiber (US)
Etymology
From French fibre, from Old French, from Latin fibra.
Noun
fibre (countable and uncountable, plural fibres) (Britain, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa)
- (countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
- The microscope showed several different fibres stuck to the sole of the shoe.
- (uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.
- The cloth was made from strange, somewhat rough fibre.
- Dietary fibre.
- Fresh vegetables are a good source of fibre.
- Moral strength and resolve.
- The ordeal was a test of everyone’s fibre.
- (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
- Under this map, any two values in the fibre of a given point on the circle differ by 2π
- (category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
- (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
- A long tubular cell found in muscle tissue; myocyte.
Related terms
- dietary fibre
- fibreboard
- fibre bundle
- fibreglass
- fibre optics
- fibrescope
- fibril
- fibrin
- fibroid
- fibrosis
- fibrositis
- fibrous
- microfibre
- moral fibre
- natural fibre
- optical fibre
- synthetic fibre
Translations
single elongated piece of material
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material in the form of fibres
dietary fibre — see dietary fibre
moral strength and reserve
mathematics: preimage of a given point in the range of a map
muscle fiber
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Danish
French
Etymology
From Old French fibre, borrowed from Latin fibra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fibʁ/
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Derived terms
- fibre de verre
- fibre optique
Further reading
- “fibre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
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