English Explanatory Dictionary

fiber

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈfaɪ.bɚ/ en-us-fiber.ogg /ˈfaɪ.bə/

Word forms

fiber fibers fibre

Etymology

From French fibre, from Old French fibre, from Latin fibra.

Related words

fibril fibrilar fibro- fibroblast fibrocyte fibroid fibroma fibrosis fibrositis fibrovascular

Derived words

acrylic fiber biofiber carbon fiber C fiber cofiber dark fiber defiber dentinal fiber dietary fiber elastic fiber fiber art fiberboard fiber bundle fiber-clay fiber clay fibered fiberfill fiberglass fiber gun fiberise fiberize fiberless fiberlike fiberoptic fiber-optic fiber optic fiber-optics fiber optics fiber plant fiberscope fibershed fiberwise fibery fibrin fibrinous fibrinogen fibrinolysin fibrous glass fiber glass fiber insulation high-fiber hollowfiber hollow-fiber interfiber macrofiber man-made fiber microfiber milk fiber moral fiber multifiber muscle fiber myofiber nanofiber natural fiber nerve fiber neurofiber optical fiber protofiber Purkinje fiber Remak fiber
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