fiber

noun

1. 1

   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

   A material in the form of fibers.

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

3. 3

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

   “Please use polyester fiber for this shirt.”

4. 4

   Dietary fiber.

   “Fresh vegetables are a good source of fiber”

5. 5

   Moral strength and resolve.

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

6. 6

   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

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

8. 8

   A kind of lightweight thread of execution.