fibre
Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ.bə(ɹ)/
The English word “fibre” has 8 meanings listed here.
noun
- A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
- Material in the form of fibres.
- Dietary fibre.
- Moral strength and resolve.
- The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
- Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
- A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
- A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
Etymology
From French fibre, from Old French, from Latin fibra.
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