Fiber

Definitions

1. A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
   US, countable
2. A material in the form of fibers.
   US, uncountable
3. A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
   US, countable, uncountable
4. Dietary fiber.
   US, countable, uncountable
5. Moral strength and resolve.
   US, countable, figuratively, uncountable
6. The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
   US, countable, uncountable
7. The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).
   US, countable, uncountable
8. A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
   US, countable, uncountable
9. A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
   US, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

15 more languages

Bosanskivlakno

Češtinatkanivo

Ελληνικάίνα

Suomisää

Galegofebrafreba

עבריתסיב

हिन्दीतूल

Hrvatskivlakno

Bahasa Indonesiajeramiserabutserat

Kurdîsaa

Latviešušķiedra

Polskibłonnik

Српскиvlakno

Svenskafiber

ไทยเส้นใยใย

Examples

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

“The cloth is made from strange, somewhat rough fiber.”

“Please⟳ use⟳ polyester fiber for this shirt.”

“Fresh vegetables are a good source of fiber.”

“The ordeal was a test⟳ of everyone's fiber.”

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

“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.”

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