fibres

noun

1. 1

   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.”

2. 2

   Material in the form of fibres.

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

3. 3

   Dietary fibre.

   “Fresh vegetables are a good source of fibre.”

4. 4

   Moral strength and resolve.

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

5. 5

   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”

6. 6

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

7. 7

   A kind of lightweight thread of execution.

8. 8

   A long tubular cell found in muscle tissue; myocyte.