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Fibre definition

fībər
fibres
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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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Dietary fibre.

Fresh vegetables are a good source of fibre.

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Moral strength and resolve.

The ordeal was a test of everyone’s fibre.

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(mathematics) 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

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(computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
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Singular:
fibre
Plural:
fibres

Origin of fibre

  • From French fibre

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Fibre Sentence Examples

  • The fibre is fine and silky, of about an inch in length.

  • The fibre has increased in length from about z4 to 22 in., and the plants have at the same time been increased in productiveness.

  • The cordage works are among the largest in the world, and consume immense quantities of sisal fibre imported from Mexico and manila from the Philippine Islands; binder-twine for binding wheat is one of the principal products.

  • The chief cultivated plants are maize, the sugar-cane, tobacco, cotton, coffee and especially henequen, the so-called "Sisal hemp," which is a strong, coarse fibre obtained from the leaves of the Agave rigida, var.

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