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fiber

/ˈfaɪ.bɚ/

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What does fiber mean?

noun

  1. A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
  2. A material in the form of fibers.
  3. A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
More meanings (6)

noun

  1. Dietary fiber.
  2. (figuratively) Moral strength and resolve.
  3. The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
  4. The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).
  5. A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
  6. A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.

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/ˈfaɪ.bɚ/

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Aside from the water cover or vapor cover there are cheap cloth screens, fiber screens and in some places lath screens.
VariousThe Scientific Monthly, October to December, 1915Project Gutenberg ebook #987
The C is built into the woody fiber of the tree, and the O is ready to be re-breathed or burned again.
Rufus P. (Rufus Phillips) WilliamsAn Introduction to Chemical ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #3708
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Third, non-nitrogenous substances, including fats, woody fiber, and nitrogen-free extract, a name given to the group of sugars, starehes, and related substances.
John Andreas WidtsoeDry-Farming : A System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low RainfallProject Gutenberg ebook #4924
When this purpose has been fulfilled each fiber becomes smaller and gradually passes into a resting stage the better to preserve its vigor.
J. Morris (Josiah Morris) SlemonsThe Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During PregnancyProject Gutenberg ebook #7129