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English
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Alternative forms
[edit]- fibre(non-US)
Etymology
[edit]FromFrenchfibre,fromOld Frenchfibre,fromLatinfibra.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American)IPA(key):/ˈfaɪ.bɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation)IPA(key):/ˈfaɪ.bə/
- Rhymes:-aɪbə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: fi·ber
Noun
[edit]fiber(countableanduncountable,pluralfibers)(American spelling)
- (countable)A singleelongatedpiece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to formthread.
- The microscope showed a single bluefiberstuck to the sole of the shoe.
- (uncountable)Amaterialin the form of fibers.
- The cloth is made from strange, somewhat roughfiber.
- (textiles)A material whoselengthis at least 1000 times itswidth.
- Please use polyesterfiberfor this shirt.
- Dietary fiber.
- Fresh vegetables are a good source offiber.
- (figuratively)Moral strength andresolve.
- The ordeal was a test of everyone'sfiber.
- (mathematics)Thepreimageof a given point in the range of a map.
- Holonyms:bundle,fiber bundle
- Meronym:germ
- Under this map, any two values in thefiberof a given point on the circle differ by 2π.
- (category theory)Thepullbackof amorphismalong aglobal element(called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).
- (computing)A kind oflightweightthreadofexecution.
- 2008,Joe Duffy,Concurrent Programming on Windows,Pearson Education,→ISBN,unnumbered page:
- We've seen how to create a newfiberand convert the current thread into afiber(which continues to run after the conversion), but we have yet to focus on how to schedule a newfiberonto the current thread.
- (cytology)A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
- Hyponyms:axon,myocyte,muscle fiber,nerve fiber
Derived terms
[edit]- acrylic fiber
- carbon fiber
- C fiber
- dark fiber
- dietary fiber
- elastic fiber
- fiber art
- fiberboard
- fiber bundle
- fibered
- fiberglass
- fiber gun
- fiberize
- fiber optic
- fiber-optic
- fiber optics
- fiber-optics
- fiber plant
- fiberscope
- fibrin,fibrinous
- fibrinogen
- fibrinolysin
- fibrous
- glass fiber
- glass fiber insulation
- high-fiber
- hollow-fiber
- man-made fiber
- man-made fiber
- microfiber
- milk fiber
- moral fiber
- muscle fiber
- muscle fiber
- natural fiber
- nerve fiber
- nerve fiber
- optical fiber
- Purkinje fiber
- Remak fiber
- Seifert fiber space
- synthetic fiber
- Tampico fiber
- with every fiber of one's being
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]fibre—seefibre
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]fiberc(definite singularfiberen,indefinite pluralfibre,definite pluralfibrene)
Indonesian
[edit]Noun
[edit]fiber(first-person possessivefiberku,second-person possessivefibermu,third-person possessivefibernya)
Synonym:serat
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]FromProto-Indo-European*bʰébʰrus.Doubletofbeber.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin)IPA(key):/ˈfi.ber/,[ˈfɪbɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA(key):/ˈfi.ber/,[ˈfiːber]
Noun
[edit]fiberm(genitivefibrī);second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declensionnoun (nominative singular in-er).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fiber | fibrī |
| Genitive | fibrī | fibrōrum |
| Dative | fibrō | fibrīs |
| Accusative | fibrum | fibrōs |
| Ablative | fibrō | fibrīs |
| Vocative | fiber | fibrī |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “fiber”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]FromLatinfibra(“fiber, filament”),possibly from*fidberor*findber,fromProto-Indo-European*bʰeyd-(“to split”).
Noun
[edit]fiberm(definite singularfiberen,indefinite pluralfibereorfibreorfibrer,definite pluralfiberneorfibrene)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “fiber”inThe Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]fiberm(definite singularfiberen,indefinite pluralfibrar,definite pluralfibrane)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “fiber”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]fiberc
Declension
[edit]Declension offiber
Derived terms
[edit]- fibergarn
- fiberkabel
- fibermatta
- fibernät
- fiberrik
- glasfiber
- konstfiber
- kostfiber
- syntetfiber
- växtfiber
See also
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