Definitions for fiberˈfaɪ bər
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
fi•berˈfaɪ bər(n.)
a fine threadlike piece, as of cotton, jute, or asbestos.
Category: Textiles
a slender filament:
a fiber of platinum.
filaments collectively.
material composed of filaments:
a plastic fiber.
something resembling a filament.
an essential character or strength:
moral fiber.
filamentous matter from the bast tissue or other parts of plants, used for industrial purposes.
Category: Botany, Textiles
Ref: root hair.
any of the filaments or elongated cells or structures that are combined in a bundle of tissue:
nerve fiber.
Category: Biology
the structural parts of plants that are wholly or partly indigestible, acting to increase intestinal bulk and peristalsis.
Category: Nutrition
Ref: Also called bulk 1 4 , roughage. 3; Also, esp. Brit., fibre.
Origin of fiber:
1350–1400; ME (< MF fibre) < L fibra filament
fi′ber•less(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
fiber, fibre(noun)
a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
roughage, fiber(noun)
coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
fiber, fibre(noun)
any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
character, fiber, fibre(noun)
the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
"education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer
fiber, fibre, vulcanized fiber(noun)
a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
Wiktionary
fiber(Noun)
A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
The microscope showed a single blue fiber stuck to the sole of the shoe.
fiber(Noun)
A material in the form of fibers.
The cloth is made from strange, somewhat rough fiber.
fiber(Noun)
A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
Please use polyester fiber for this shirt.
fiber(Noun)
Dietary fiber.
Fresh vegetables are a good source of fiber
fiber(Noun)
Moral strength and resolve.
The ordeal was a test of everyone's fiber.
fiber(Noun)
The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
Under this map, any two values in the fiber of a given point on the circle differ by 2uE000123398uE001
Webster Dictionary
Fiber(noun)
alt. of Fibre
Translations for fiber
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
fibreglass(adjective)
(of) very fine threadlike pieces of glass, used for insulation, in materials etc
fibreglass curtains.
- veselglasAfrikaans
- مَصنوع مِن خُيوط زُجاج ليفيArabic
- стъклопластBulgarian
- fibra de vidroPortuguese (BR)
- skleněné vláknoCzech
- die GlaswolleGerman
- fiberglas; fiberglas-Danish
- ίνες υάλουGreek
- fibra de vidrioSpanish
- klaaskiudEstonian
- فایبر گلاسFarsi
- lasikuituFinnish
- fibre de verreFrench
- סִיבֵי זְכוּכִיתHebrew
- रेशेदार कांचHindi
- fiberCroatian
- üvegszálHungarian
- serat kacaIndonesian
- trefjaglerIcelandic
- fibra di vetroItalian
- ガラス繊維入りプラスチックJapanese
- 유리 섬유Korean
- stiklo pluoštasLithuanian
- stiklplastsLatvian
- serat kacaMalay
- glaswolDutch
- glassfiberNorwegian
- włókno szklanePolish
- فایبر گلاسPersian
- فایبر گلاسPashto
- fibra de vidroPortuguese
- fibră de sticlăRomanian
- стекловолокноRussian
- sklené vláknoSlovak
- stekleno vlaknoSlovenian
- staklena vunaSerbian
- glasfiberSwedish
- ใยแก้วThai
- fiberglas, cam elyafıTurkish
- 玻璃纖維Chinese (Trad.)
- скловолокно; скловолокнистийUkrainian
- بلوری پارچہUrdu
- sợi thuỷ tinhVietnamese
- 玻璃纤维Chinese (Simp.)
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