Fiber
Pronunciation
- RP IPA: /ˈfaɪ.bə/
- GenAm IPA: /ˈfaɪ.bɚ/
- Rhymes: -aɪbə(r)
Alternative forms
- fibre chiefly British
Origin
From French fibre, from Old French, from Latin fibra
Full definition of fiber
Noun
fiber
(plural fibers)- (countable) 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.
- (uncountable) A material in the form of fibers.The cloth is made from strange, somewhat rough fiber.
- (textiles) A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.Please use polyester fiber for this shirt.
- Dietary fiber.''Fresh vegetables are a good source of fiber
- (figuratively) Moral strength and resolve.The ordeal was a test of everyone's fiber.
- (mathematics) 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
- (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.