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fiber
/ˈfaɪ.bɚ/
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What does fiber mean?
noun
- A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
- A material in the form of fibers.
- A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
More meanings (6)
noun
- Dietary fiber.
- (figuratively) Moral strength and resolve.
- The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
- The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).
- A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
- A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
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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.
The C is built into the woody fiber of the tree, and the O is ready to be re-breathed or burned again.
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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.
When this purpose has been fulfilled each fiber becomes smaller and gradually passes into a resting stage the better to preserve its vigor.