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A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
The microscope showed several different fibres stuck to the sole of the shoe.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Material in the form of fibres.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
The cloth was made from strange, somewhat rough fibre.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Dietary fibre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Fresh vegetables are a good source of fibre.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Moral strength and resolve.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The ordeal was a test of everyone’s fibre.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
Examples
Under this map, any two values in the fibre of a given point on the circle differ by 2π.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fiber, vulcanized fiber
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions- Herbert Spencer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
education has for its object the formation of character
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: character, fiber
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trait
Narrower terms: spirit
any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fiber
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cell
Narrower terms: muscle cell, muscle fiber, muscle fibre, nerve fiber, nerve fibre
a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fiber
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: material, stuff
Narrower terms: byssus, beard, bristle, optical fiber, glass fiber, optical fibre, glass fibre, nerve fiber, nerve fibre, spindle, loofa, loofah, luffa, loufah sponge, cantala, Cebu maguey, manila maguey, bassine, coir, raffia, string, fibril, filament, strand, lint, man-made fiber, synthetic fiber, natural fiber, natural fibre, oakum, raveling, ravelling
From French fibre, from Old French, from Latin fibra.
Across languages
Translations 97 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
vesel
— single elongated piece of material
Armenian :
մանրաթել
(manratʻel)
— single elongated piece of material
Assamese :
আঁহ
(ãh)
— single elongated piece of material
Bashkir :
сүс
(süs)
— single elongated piece of material
Bulgarian :
нишка
(niška)
— single elongated piece of material
Bulgarian :
фибра
(fibra)
— single elongated piece of material
Catalan :
fibra
— single elongated piece of material
Chinese Mandarin :
纖維 /纤维
(xiānwéi)
— single elongated piece of material
Czech :
vlákno
— single elongated piece of material
Danish :
fiber
— single elongated piece of material
Dutch :
vezel
— single elongated piece of material
Estonian :
kiud
— single elongated piece of material
Finnish :
kuitu
— single elongated piece of material
Finnish :
säie
— single elongated piece of material
French :
fibre
— single elongated piece of material
Georgian :
ბოჭკო
(boč̣ḳo)
— single elongated piece of material
German :
Faser
— single elongated piece of material
Hebrew :
סִיב
(siv)
— single elongated piece of material
Hindi :
रेषा
(reṣā)
— single elongated piece of material
Hungarian :
rostszál
— single elongated piece of material
Hungarian :
fonál
— single elongated piece of material
Ido :
fibro
— single elongated piece of material
Indonesian :
serat
— single elongated piece of material
Italian :
fibra
— single elongated piece of material
Japanese :
繊維
(sen'i)
— single elongated piece of material
Kazakh :
талшық
(talşyq)
— single elongated piece of material
Northern Kurdish :
rîşal
— single elongated piece of material
Latin :
fibra
— single elongated piece of material
Latvian :
šķiedra
— single elongated piece of material
Macedonian :
вла́кно
(vlákno)
— single elongated piece of material
Malay :
serat
— single elongated piece of material
Malayalam :
നാര്
(nārŭ)
— single elongated piece of material
Māori :
kaka
— single elongated piece of material
Māori :
weu
— single elongated piece of material
Norwegian Bokmål :
fiber
— single elongated piece of material
Norwegian Nynorsk :
fiber
— single elongated piece of material
Persian :
فیبر
(fibr)
— single elongated piece of material
Persian :
الیاف
(alyâf)
— single elongated piece of material
Polish :
włókno
— single elongated piece of material
Portuguese :
fibra
— single elongated piece of material
Quechua :
ch'awar
— single elongated piece of material
Quechua :
paqpa
— single elongated piece of material
Romanian :
fibră
— single elongated piece of material
Russian :
волокно́
(voloknó)
— single elongated piece of material
Russian :
волосо́к
(volosók)
— single elongated piece of material
Russian :
фи́бра
(fíbra)
— single elongated piece of material
Russian :
нить
(nitʹ)
— single elongated piece of material
Spanish :
fibra
— single elongated piece of material
Spanish :
brenca
— single elongated piece of material
Swedish :
fiber
— single elongated piece of material
Tagalog :
hibla
— single elongated piece of material
Tagalog :
himaymay
— single elongated piece of material
Turkish :
lif
— single elongated piece of material
Ottoman Turkish :
ایپلك
(iplik)
— single elongated piece of material
Ukrainian :
волокно́
(voloknó)
— single elongated piece of material
Ukrainian :
фі́бра
(fíbra)
— single elongated piece of material
Vietnamese :
sợi
— single elongated piece of material
Afrikaans :
draad
— material in the form of fibres
Bashkir :
сүс
(süs)
— material in the form of fibres
Bulgarian :
влакно
(vlakno)
— material in the form of fibres
Dutch :
draad
— material in the form of fibres
Finnish :
kuitu
— material in the form of fibres
Hawaiian :
ʻaʻa
— material in the form of fibres
Hindi :
रेषा
(reṣā)
— material in the form of fibres
Ingrian :
väärys
— material in the form of fibres
Italian :
fibra
— material in the form of fibres
Latvian :
šķiedra
— material in the form of fibres
Macedonian :
вла́кно
(vlákno)
— material in the form of fibres
Māori :
kaka
— material in the form of fibres
Persian :
فیبر
(fibr)
— material in the form of fibres
Portuguese :
fibra
— material in the form of fibres
Russian :
волокно́
(voloknó)
— material in the form of fibres
Ukrainian :
волокно́
(voloknó)
— material in the form of fibres
Bulgarian :
характер
(harakter)
— moral strength and reserve
Dutch :
moraal
— moral strength and reserve
Finnish :
suoraselkäisyys
— moral strength and reserve
Hungarian :
természet
— moral strength and reserve
Hungarian :
jellem
— moral strength and reserve
Italian :
fibra
— moral strength and reserve
Portuguese :
fibra
— moral strength and reserve
Finnish :
säie
— mathematics: preimage of a given point in the range of a map
German :
Faser
— mathematics: preimage of a given point in the range of a map
Italian :
fibra
— mathematics: preimage of a given point in the range of a map
Arabic :
لِيف
(līf)
— long tubular cell found in bodily tissue
Chinese Mandarin :
纖維 /纤维
(xiānwéi)
— long tubular cell found in bodily tissue
Finnish :
syy
— long tubular cell found in bodily tissue
French :
fibre
— long tubular cell found in bodily tissue
German :
Faser
— long tubular cell found in bodily tissue
Hindi :
तंतु
(tantu)
— long tubular cell found in bodily tissue
Hindi :
तन्तु
(tantu)
— long tubular cell found in bodily tissue
Italian :
fibra
— long tubular cell found in bodily tissue
Northern Kurdish :
masûlkerîşal
— long tubular cell found in bodily tissue
Latvian :
šķiedra
— long tubular cell found in bodily tissue
Portuguese :
fibra
— long tubular cell found in bodily tissue
Russian :
волокно́
(voloknó)
— long tubular cell found in bodily tissue
Spanish :
fibra
— long tubular cell found in bodily tissue
Ukrainian :
волокно́
(voloknó)
— long tubular cell found in bodily tissue
