fiber

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

2. 2
   noun

   A material in the form of fibers.

   The cloth is made from strange, somewhat rough fiber.

3. 3
   noun

   A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.

   Please use polyester fiber for this shirt.

4. 4
   noun

   Dietary fiber.

   Fresh vegetables are a good source of fiber.

5. 5
   noun

   Moral strength and resolve.

   The ordeal was a test of everyone's fiber.

6. 6
   noun

   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.

7. 7
   noun

   A kind of lightweight thread of execution.

   We've seen how to create a new fiber and convert the current thread into a fiber (which continues to run after the conversion), but we have yet to focus on how to schedule a new fiber onto the current thread.

8. 8
   noun

   a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth

Etymology

From French fibre, from Old French fibre, from Latin fibra.