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carbon fiber en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A very strong filament made by the pyrolysis of a synthetic fiber such as rayon.
2. A cloth or felt made from these fibers.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of carbon fiber reinforced polymer/plastic, a type of strong and lightweight composite material, especially epoxied composite laminate.
   alt of carbon fiber reinforced polymer/plastic
   • “Anyone in our industry interested in the state of the art has to look at carbon fiber,” he said, adding that composite bikes could be common in three to five years. “Not only is it strong, and light, but you can position the fibers any way you want, to absorb all the stress you normally find in a bike.” 1987 June 21, Lawrence M. Fisher, quoting Mr. Kutrumbus, “Shifting Out of Steel, Into Carbon Fiber”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • One problem, though: with prices above $8 a pound for midgrade carbon fiber, the material costs about 20 times as much as the steel it replaces. 2004 February 9, Tim Moran, “Carbon Fiber: Light but Costly”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

Synonyms

CFRP · carbon

Translations (32)

es fibra de carbono (composite material) · de Carbon (composite material) · da kulfiber (filament) · de kohlenstofffaserverstärkter Kunststoff (composite material) · it fibra di carbonio (composite material) · fi hiilikuitukangas (cloth) · pt polímero reforçado com fibra de carbono (composite material) · de Kohlefaser (filament) · de CFK (composite material) · it fibra di carbonio (filament) · bg карбон (composite material) · de Karbon (composite material) · es polímero reforzado con fibra de carbono (composite material) · pt PRFC (composite material) · pt fibra de carbono (composite material) · bg въглеродно влакно (filament) · fr fibre de carbone (composite material) · de Kohlefaser (composite material) · hu szénszál (filament) · es fibra de carbono (filament) · ca polímer reforçat amb fibra de carboni (composite material) · it polimero rinforzato con fibra di carbonio (composite material) · de Kohlenstofffaser (filament) · hu karbonszál (filament) · fi hiilikuitu (filament) · ca fibra de carboni (composite material) · fr PRFC (composite material) · pt fibra de carbono (filament) · et süsinikkiud (filament) · ca fibra de carboni (filament) · bg карбонов плат (cloth) · pl włókno węglowe (filament)