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fibre.

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

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfaɪ.bə(ɹ)/UK
  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. Material in the form of fibres.

    uncountable
    The cloth was made from strange, somewhat rough fibre.
  3. Dietary fibre.

    countable · uncountable
    Fresh vegetables are a good source of fibre.
  4. Moral strength and resolve.

    countable · uncountable
    The ordeal was a test of everyone’s fibre.
  5. 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.
  6. Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.

    countable · uncountable
  7. A kind of lightweight thread of execution.

    countable · uncountable
  8. A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

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