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fibre
[ fahy-ber ]
fibre
/ ˈ´Ú²¹Éª²úÉ™ /
noun
- a natural or synthetic filament that may be spun into yarn, such as cotton or nylon
- cloth or other material made from such yarn
- a long fine continuous thread or filament
- the structure of any material or substance made of or as if of fibres; texture
- essential substance or nature
all the fibres of his being were stirred
- strength of character (esp in the phrase moral fibre )
- See dietary fibre
- botany
- a narrow elongated thick-walled cell: a constituent of sclerenchyma tissue
- such tissue extracted from flax, hemp, etc, used to make linen, rope, etc
- a very small root or twig
- anatomy any thread-shaped structure, such as a nerve fibre
Derived Forms
- ˈ´Ú¾±²ú°ù±ð±ô±ð²õ²õ, adjective
- ˈ´Ú¾±²ú°ù±ð»å, adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of fibre1
Example Sentences
It consists of 5,000 optical fibres, each one of which is a robotically controlled telescope scanning galaxies at high speed.
"The acoustic energy which travels through the fibre is basically disturbing our signal. We can measure this disturbance."
Asbestos was used in building materials until it was discovered that inhalation of fibres could cause cancers, but it is only considered dangerous when it is moved.
Most of these servers are in data centres outside of Africa and the fibre optic cables run along the ocean floor linking them to coastal cities on the continent.
Plants and beans that contain lots of fibre were associated with less risk of dementia in the studies mentioned.
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