Fiber vs. Fibre

By Jaxson

  • Fiber

    Fiber or fibre (see spelling differences, from the Latin fibra) is a natural or synthetic substance that is significantly longer than it is wide. Fibers are often used in the manufacture of other materials. The strongest engineering materials often incorporate fibers, for example carbon fiber and ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene.

    Synthetic fibers can often be produced very cheaply and in large amounts compared to natural fibers, but for clothing natural fibers can give some benefits, such as comfort, over their synthetic counterparts.

Wikipedia
  • Fiber (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.”

  • Fiber (noun)

    A material in the form of fibers.

    “The cloth is made from strange, somewhat rough fiber.”

  • Fiber (noun)

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

    “Please use polyester fiber for this shirt.”

  • Fiber (noun)

    Dietary fiber.

    “Fresh vegetables are a good source of fiber”

  • Fiber (noun)

    Moral strength and resolve.

    “The ordeal was a test of everyone’s fiber.”

  • Fiber (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”

  • Fiber (noun)

    Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.

  • Fiber (noun)

    A kind of lightweight thread of execution.

  • Fibre (noun)

    A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.

    “The microscope showed several different fibres stuck to the sole of the shoe.”

  • Fibre (noun)

    Material in the form of fibres.

    “The cloth was made from strange, somewhat rough fibre.”

  • Fibre (noun)

    Dietary fibre.

    “Fresh vegetables are a good source of fibre.”

  • Fibre (noun)

    Moral strength and resolve.

    “The ordeal was a test of everyone’s fibre.”

  • Fibre (noun)

    The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.

    “Under this map, any two values in the fibre of a given point on the circle differ by 2π”

  • Fibre (noun)

    Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.

  • Fibre (noun)

    A kind of lightweight thread of execution.

  • Fibre (noun)

    A long tubular cell found in muscle tissue; myocyte.

Wiktionary
  • Fibre (noun)

    a thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed

    “the basket comes lined with natural coco fibres”

  • Fibre (noun)

    a substance formed of fibres

    “ordinary synthetics don’t breathe as well as natural fibres”

    “high strength carbon fibre”

  • Fibre (noun)

    a threadlike structure forming part of the muscular, nervous, connective, or other tissue in the human or animal body

    “she wanted him with every fibre of her being”

    “there were degenerative changes in muscle fibres”

  • Fibre (noun)

    strength of character

    “a weak person with no moral fibre”

  • Fibre (noun)

    dietary material containing substances such as cellulose, lignin, and pectin, that are resistant to the action of digestive enzymes.

Oxford Dictionary

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