fiber

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Synonyms: finer, fixer, fiver, liber, tiber, fibber, firer, jiber, fier, fizer, filer

Antonyms: finer, fixer, fiver, liber, tiber, fibber, firer, jiber, fier, fizer, filer

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q161}}{{lb|en|countable}} A single [[elongated]] piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form [[thread]].
2. {{lb|en|uncountable}} A [[material]] in the form of fibers.
3. {{lb|en|textiles}} A material whose [[length]] is at least 1000 times its [[width]].
4. [[dietary fiber|Dietary fiber]].
5. {{lb|en|figuratively}} Moral strength and [[resolve]].
6. {{lb|en|mathematics}} The [[preimage]] of a given point in the range of a map.
7. {{lb|en|category theory}} The [[pullback]] of a [[morphism]] along a [[global element]] (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).
8. {{lb|en|computing}} A kind of [[lightweight]] [[thread]] of [[execution]].
9. {{lb|en|cytology}} A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.

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