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fiber
  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) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
  8. (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “Coir is a natural fiber made from coconuts and used for matting, screening, baskets, and other products.”
      “This is the ordinary rough fiber on which books of fiction were printed at this time.”
      “Irritation to the skin may result from the rough fiber of the surface.”
fibre
  1. (countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
  2. (uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.
  3. Dietary fibre.
  4. Moral strength and resolve.
  5. (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
  6. (category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
  7. (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
  8. A long tubular cell found in muscle tissue; myocyte.
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “Coir is a natural fibre made from coconuts and used for matting, screening, baskets, and other products.”
      “Sweeney prints mainly on silk, but also onto linen, cotton, and other natural fibres.”
      “When properly taught, it gives quickness of perception, keenness of insight, toughness of mental fibre, and an intellectual power and grasp that can be acquired by no other elementary branch of study.”
fiberfill
  1. (US) A lightweight synthetic fiber used as insulation in clothing
  2. Examples:
    1. “After making drumsticks from wooden branches, leather scraps, fiberfill stuffing and string, the students are ready to play.”
      “Lightly stuff the ball with fiberfill, adding the jingle bell or rattle to the center.”
      “The blankets involved either down or some very high-quality polyester fiberfill business.”
fibrosis
  1. (medicine) The formation of (excess) fibrous connective tissue in an organ.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is most often a complication of asthma or cystic fibrosis.”
      “Cystic fibrosis also causes malabsorption, although fat absorption is the hallmark of this condition.”
      “It has been shown that conditioned media from fibroblasts from patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis stimulates angiogenesis.”
fibrecraft
  1. The traditional craft of creating fibres.
fibroplasia
  1. The generation of fibrous tissue.
  2. Examples:
    1. “It is known that excessive oxygen can damage the retina of a premature baby leading to a condition called retrolental fibroplasia which results in blindness.”
      “The important relationship between arterial blood oxygen, the respiratory distress syndrome, and retrolental fibroplasia is now well established.”
      “Histopathologic analysis of the excised tracheal rings revealed moderate inflammation, chronicactive fibroplasia, and mucosal denudation.”
fibrousness
  1. The state or quality of being fibrous.
fibrogenicity
  1. The quality of being fibrogenic.
fibercraft
  1. Alternative form of fibrecraft
fibrefill
  1. Alternative form of fiberfill
  2. Examples:
    1. “We got through sewing one seam and filling the pig's body with fibrefill for the 40 minutes we had that day.”
      “In industrial applications, the largest end use was fibrefill, stuffing and flock, followed by medical, surgical and sanitary, and unallocated nonwovens.”
      “In terms of end use, fibrefill, stuffing and flock constituted the largest application, followed by medical, surgical and sanitary uses, and unallocated nonwovens.”
fiberedness
  1. (mathematics) The condition of being fibered
fibrosity
  1. the quality of being fibrous
fiberization
  1. The process of fiberizing.
  2. Examples:
    1. “In particular, Hedman's unique antigorite ore proved especially conducive to fiberization and evidenced demonstrable results in a series of test runs.”
fibrositis
  1. fibromyalgia
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Previously, the condition was known by other names such as fibrositis, chronic muscle pain syndrome, psychogenic rheumatism and tension myalgias.”
      “For instance, these can be compared with those in patients who have fibrositis syndrome, which is a rheumatic pain modulation disorder.”
      “Fibromyalgia is also referred to as fibromyalgia syndrome, fibrositis or fibromyositis in English.”
fibering
  1. (mathematics) A fiber ring
fiberizations
  1. plural of fiberization
fibrosites
fibercrafts
  1. plural of fibercraft
fibrecrafts
  1. plural of fibrecraft
fibrositides
fiberfills
  1. plural of fiberfill
fibrefills
  1. plural of fibrefill
fibres
  1. plural of fibre
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Some modern fibres used in socks, such as polypropylene, can wick water away faster.”
      “Cells are laced with a network of fibres more rigid than the rope-like structural proteins collagen and keratin.”
      “This very rare condition stops the nerve fibres from sending a signal to the brain.”
fibers
  1. plural of fiber
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “When acoustic texture material is wet, asbestos fibers are withheld from release into the air.”
      “The lifting of the import ban and the elimination of import quotas and licenses will seriously affect refined products and synthetic fibers.”
      “It's one of the benefits of using the abaca rather than the more-conventional glass fibers.”
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