Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
fiber , etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Mostly British usage Same as
fiber .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable A single piece of a given material,
elongated and roughly round in cross-section, oftentwisted with other fibres to formthread . - noun uncountable Material in the form of fibres.
- noun
Dietary fibre . - noun Moral strength and
resolve . - noun mathematics The
preimage of a givenpoint in the range of amap . - noun computing A kind of
lightweight thread ofexecution .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
- noun the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- noun a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
- noun any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term fibre or cellulose in analytical tables is not a very definite one.
The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition A. W. Duncan
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The impulse in the fibre is an electrical pulse which lasts 1/1000 second.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1963 - Presentation Speech 1972
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The cable broadband service, which it calls fibre optic broadband, will still be listed as providing an "up to" speed based on the product purchased as these are not affected in the same way as the technology limited ADSL based products.
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High bandwidth fibre is relatively cheap, the cost for putting it into the ground over long distances can run between $25,000 per mile and $3M per mile.
Updated: Time Warner Cable Backs Off Metered Broadband Everywhere 2009
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Catty, remember too with the wool that it needs to be low alergenic, supple, very supple in fibre because we all know just HOW SOFT JB is okay
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This stew/soup is also very high in fibre and low in sugars (I didn't add any but they do come from the carbs in the tomatoes and beans), making it a delicious, vegan, diabetic friendly meal that I'm going to submit to Art of Cooking Indian Food's Eat Healthy - Fight Diabetes event.
Archive 2008-10-01 Sarah 2008
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Has anyone mentioned to Bimota that carbon fibre is the asbestos of the new millenium?
Bimota DB7 Oronero a symphony in carbon fiber - Hell For Leather 2008
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The Maya produced fibre from the henequen plant since the time of Christ.
Henequen and its role in the Yucatan's shifting fortunes 2007
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The Maya produced fibre from the henequen plant since the time of Christ.
Henequen and its role in the Yucatan's shifting fortunes 2007
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The Maya produced fibre from the henequen plant since the time of Christ.
Henequen and its role in the Yucatan's shifting fortunes 2007
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