fibre

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Synonyms: fire, libre, fibro, fabre, fibr, fibra, fibr-, fiore, fibe, firre, febre

Antonyms: fire, libre, fibro, fabre, fibr, fibra, fibr-, fiore, fibe, firre, febre

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|single elongated piece of material}}{{lb|en|countable}} A single piece of a given material, [[elongate]]d and roughly round in cross-section, often [[twist]]ed with other fibres to form [[thread]].
2. {{senseid|en|material in the form of fibres}}{{lb|en|uncountable}} Material in the form of fibres.
3. [[dietary fibre|Dietary fibre]].
4. Moral strength and [[resolve]].
5. {{lb|en|mathematics}} The [[preimage]] of a given [[point]] in the range of a [[map]].
6. {{lb|en|category theory}} ''Said to be of a morphism over a global element'': The [[pullback]] of the said [[morphism]] along the said [[global element]].
7. {{lb|en|computing}} A kind of [[lightweight]] [[thread]] of [[execution]].
8. {{lb|en|cytology}} A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.

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