fibers

/F AY1 B ER0 Z/

noun

1
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.”
2
A material in the form of fibers.
“The cloth is made from strange, somewhat rough fiber.”
3
A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
“Please use polyester fiber for this shirt.”
4
Dietary fiber.
“Fresh vegetables are a good source of fiber”
5
Moral strength and resolve.
“The ordeal was a test of everyone's fiber.”
6
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 2π”
7
Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
8
A kind of lightweight thread of execution.

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