Fiber

/ˈfaɪ.bɚ/ · noun

Meaning

(countable) A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread..

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable) A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
2. (uncountable) A material in the form of fibers.
3. (textiles) A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
4. Dietary fiber.
5. (figuratively) Moral strength and resolve.
6. (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
7. (category theory) The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).
8. (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.

Example Sentences

The microscope showed a single blue fiber stuck to the sole of the shoe.

The cloth is made from strange, somewhat rough fiber.

Please use polyester fiber for this shirt.

Fresh vegetables are a good source of fiber.

The ordeal was a test of everyone's fiber.

Under this map, any two values in the fiber of a given point on the circle differ by 2π.

We've seen how to create a new fiber and convert the current thread into a fiber (which continues to run after the conversion), but we have yet to focus on how to schedule a new fiber onto the current thread.

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• fibers
• fibre

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