fiber

/หˆfaษช.bษš/

IPA: /F AY1 B ER0/

noun
  1. 1

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

    โ€œThe microscope showed a single blue fiber stuck to the sole of the shoe.โ€

  2. 2

    A material in the form of fibers.

    โ€œThe cloth is made from strange, somewhat rough fiber.โ€

  3. 3

    A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.

    โ€œPlease use polyester fiber for this shirt.โ€

  4. 4

    Dietary fiber.

    โ€œFresh vegetables are a good source of fiberโ€

  5. 5

    Moral strength and resolve.

    โ€œThe ordeal was a test of everyone's fiber.โ€

  6. 6

    The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.

    โ€œUnder this map, any two values in the fiber of a given point on the circle differ by 2ฯ€โ€

  7. 7

    Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.

  8. 8

    A kind of lightweight thread of execution.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fiber