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fibre::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fiber |
| Type of | cell |
| Has types | nerve fiber, muscle fiber, muscle fibre, muscle cell, nerve fibre |
fibre::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fiber |
| Type of | material, stuff |
| Has types | loofa, loofah, loufah sponge, luffa, man-made fiber, manila maguey, natural fiber, natural fibre, nerve fiber, nerve fibre, oakum, optical fiber, optical fibre, raveling, beard, bristle, byssus, cantala, cebu maguey, coir, fibril, filament, glass fiber, glass fibre, lint, raffia, bassine, ravelling, spindle, strand, string, synthetic fiber |
Examples of fibre
fibre
A laser fibre is threaded into the vein and then activated, destroying the vein.
From the express.co.uk
The fibre comes out in strands and is then spun into yarn on a spinning machine.
From the canberratimes.com.au
As a double amputee, he runs on J-shaped prosthetics made of black carbon fibre.
From the smh.com.au
A new submarine fibre-optic cable is now being laid down the west African coast.
From the economist.com
Foods that are high in fibre and low in fat tend to have a lower energy density.
From the telegraph.co.uk
A dozen years ago I spotted one while investigating the history of fibre optics.
From the newscientist.com
A French ship began laying an undersea fibre-optic cable from Venezuela to Cuba.
From the economist.com
Sants sees his role as building the function up and instilling some moral fibre.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Optical fibre is not the answer as it is 50 microns wide and as big as the chip.
From the sciencedaily.com
- Fiber: a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
- Fiber: any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
- Character: 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: a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
- Fiber, also spelled fibre, is a class of materials that are continuous filaments or are in discrete elongated pieces, similar to lengths of thread. They are very important in the biology of both plants and animals, for holding tissues together. Human uses for fibers are diverse. ...
- In computer science, a fiber is a particularly lightweight thread of execution.
- An axon is a long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, that conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body or soma.
- A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread; Material in the form of fibres; Dietary fibre; Moral strength and resolve; The preimage of a given point in the range of a map
- (Fibres) A fancy thread, yarn, ribbon, or other, used to decorate scrapbook pages.
