fibre en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From French fibre, from Old French, from Latin fibra.
Meanings
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(countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
The microscope showed several different fibres stuck to the sole of the shoe.
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(uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.
The cloth was made from strange, somewhat rough fibre.
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(countable, uncountable) Dietary fibre.
Fresh vegetables are a good source of fibre.
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(countable, uncountable) Moral strength and resolve.
He was gentlemanly, steady, tractable, with a thorough knowledge of his duties; and in time, when yet very young, he became chief mate of a fine ship, without ever having been tested by those events of the sea that show in the light of day the inner worth of a man, the edge of his temper, and the fibre of his stuff; that reveal the quality of his resistance and the secret truth of his pretences, not only to others but also to himself.
1900, Joseph Conrad, chapter 2, in Lord Jim:The ordeal was a test of everyone’s fibre.
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(countable, uncountable) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
Under this map, any two values in the fibre of a given point on the circle differ by 2π.
- (countable, uncountable) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
- (countable, uncountable) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
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(countable, uncountable) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
It is the deeper parts of such cells which give rise to delicate muscular fibres or networks of fibres, while the superficially placed body of the cell myoblast), the part which produces the above, performs other functions, and usually bears a cilium.
1892, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus, edited by F. G. Heathcote, Elementary Text-book of Zoology:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fibres | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| fiber | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
fibre clay · myofibre · carbon fibre · fibre cement · fibreise · Seifert fibre space · pycnofibre · synthetic fibre · fibrewood · fibrous · fibred · fibre bundle · fibrize · fibriform · fibre optics · fibre-reinforced plastic · fibreboard · glass fibre · natural fibre · fibrelike · fibreglass · nerve fibre · hollow-fibre · macrofibre · fibrisol · hollowfibre · fibrecraft · acrylic fibre · Tampico fibre · fibre-optics · muscle fibre · interfibre · with every fibre of one's being · fibrescope · fibreless · fluorofibre · chlorofibre · moral fibre · biofibre · dark fibre · optical fibre · milk fibre · fibrin · fibre optic · dentinal fibre · multifibre · fibrefill · fibrise · dietary fibre · fibre-optic · Purkinje fibre · fibre-faced · microfibre
Relateds
fibrositis · fibro- · fibrosis · fibroid · fibril
Translations (97)
mk вла́кно (single elongated piece of material) · de Faser (mathematics: preimage of a given point in the range of a map) · lv šķiedra (material in the form of fibres) · vi sợi (single elongated piece of material) · izh väärys (material in the form of fibres) · id serat (single elongated piece of material) · cmn 纖維 /纤维 (long tubular cell found in bodily tissue) · he סִיב (single elongated piece of material) · nl draad (material in the form of fibres) · es fibra (single elongated piece of material) · kk талшық (single elongated piece of material) · hy մանրաթել (single elongated piece of material) · lv šķiedra (long tubular cell found in bodily tissue) · bg фибра (single elongated piece of material) · it fibra (moral strength and reserve) · uk фі́бра (single elongated piece of material) · fi suoraselkäisyys (moral strength and reserve) · haw ʻaʻa (material in the form of fibres) · kmr rîşal (single elongated piece of material) · ca fibra (single elongated piece of material) · it fibra (single elongated piece of material) · fa فیبر (single elongated piece of material) · it fibra (material in the form of fibres) · es brenca (single elongated piece of material) · fi kuitu (single elongated piece of material) · mi kaka (material in the form of fibres) · no fiber (single elongated piece of material) · fi säie (mathematics: preimage of a given point in the range of a map) · hu természet (moral strength and reserve) · sv fiber (single elongated piece of material) · ru волокно́ (single elongated piece of material) · ms serat (single elongated piece of material) · ja 繊維 (single elongated piece of material) · fi säie (single elongated piece of material) · ota ایپلك (single elongated piece of material) · pl włókno (single elongated piece of material) · hu fonál (single elongated piece of material) · ml നാര് (single elongated piece of material) · uk волокно́ (long tubular cell found in bodily tissue) · io fibro (single elongated piece of material) · hi रेषा (material in the form of fibres) · cs vlákno (single elongated piece of material) · ru волокно́ (long tubular cell found in bodily tissue) · cmn 纖維 /纤维 (single elongated piece of material) · nl vezel (single elongated piece of material) · lv šķiedra (single elongated piece of material) · bg характер (moral strength and reserve) · de Faser (single elongated piece of material) · et kiud (single elongated piece of material) · no fiber (single elongated piece of material) · ar لِيف (long tubular cell found in bodily tissue) · es fibra (long tubular cell found in bodily tissue) · hu rostszál (single elongated piece of material) · mi weu (single elongated piece of material) · qu ch'awar (single elongated piece of material) · bg влакно (material in the form of fibres) · la fibra (single elongated piece of material) · fa الیاف (single elongated piece of material) · af vesel (single elongated piece of material) · mk вла́кно (material in the form of fibres) · fa فیبر (material in the form of fibres) · de Faser (long tubular cell found in bodily tissue) · it fibra (mathematics: preimage of a given point in the range of a map) · ba сүс (single elongated piece of material) · ru волосо́к (single elongated piece of material) · fi syy (long tubular cell found in bodily tissue) · pt fibra (material in the form of fibres) · fr fibre (long tubular cell found in bodily tissue) · fi kuitu (material in the form of fibres) · kmr masûlkerîşal (long tubular cell found in bodily tissue) · uk волокно́ (material in the form of fibres) · mi kaka (single elongated piece of material) · uk волокно́ (single elongated piece of material) · pt fibra (moral strength and reserve) · it fibra (long tubular cell found in bodily tissue) · qu paqpa (single elongated piece of material) · hu jellem (moral strength and reserve) · pt fibra (single elongated piece of material) · ro fibră (single elongated piece of material) · da fiber (single elongated piece of material) · fr fibre (single elongated piece of material) · ru нить (single elongated piece of material) · ba сүс (material in the form of fibres) · ru волокно́ (material in the form of fibres) · pt fibra (long tubular cell found in bodily tissue) · tl hibla (single elongated piece of material) · tl himaymay (single elongated piece of material) · hi तन्तु (long tubular cell found in bodily tissue) · hi रेषा (single elongated piece of material) · ka ბოჭკო (single elongated piece of material) · af draad (material in the form of fibres) · bg нишка (single elongated piece of material) · tr lif (single elongated piece of material) · ru фи́бра (single elongated piece of material) · as আঁহ (single elongated piece of material) · hi तंतु (long tubular cell found in bodily tissue) · nl moraal (moral strength and reserve)