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Fiber

Fiber Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fiber? [n] a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth [n] the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer [n] a slender and greatly elongated solid substance Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fiber: character \| fibre \| fibre \| fibre \| vulcanized fiber Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fiber: acetate rayon \| all that lives \| alpaca \| angora \| animal fiber \| Aralac \| artificial fiber \| Avisco \| bast \| biosphere \| biota \| body-build \| brand \| brawn \| capillament \| cashmere \| cast \| Celanese \| character \| characteristic \| characteristics \| Chemstrand \| cilium \| cirrus \| cobweb \| coir \| complexion \| composition \| constituents \| constitution \| cotton \| crasis \| Dacron \| denier \| dharma \| diathesis \| disposition \| Dynel \| ecosphere \| ethos \| fabric \| fibrilla \| filament \| filamentule \| flagellum \| flax \| flesh \| flora and fauna \| floss \| frame \| genius \| gossamer \| grain \| habit \| hair \| hank \| hemp \| horsehair \| hue \| humor \| humors \| ilk \| jute \| kapok \| kind \| Lastex \| linen \| living matter \| living nature \| llama hair \| makeup \| Manila \| merino \| mohair \| mold \| nature \| near-silk \| noosphere \| nylon \| oakum \| organic matter \| organic nature \| organized matter \| Orlon \| physique \| plasm \| property \| quality \| raffia \| rayon \| silk \| sisal \| skein \| somatotype \| sort \| spandex \| spirit \| spun rayon \| stamp \| strand \| streak \| stripe \| suchness \| suture \| system \| temper \| temperament \| tendency \| tendril \| tenor \| Terylene \| thread \| threadlet \| tissue \| tone \| tussah \| type \| vein \| Velon \| Vicara \| way \| web \| wool \| worsted \| yarn \| zephyr See Also \| bassine \| beard \| bristle \| byssus \| cantala \| Cebu maguey \| cellulose \| cloth \| coir \| fabric \| fibril \| filament \| glass fiber \| glass fibre \| integrity \| lint \| loofa \| loofah \| loufah sponge \| luffa \| manila maguey \| man-made fiber \| material \| material \| natural fiber \| natural fibre \| nerve fiber \| nerve fibre \| oakum \| optical fiber \| optical fibre \| personality \| raffia \| raveling \| ravelling \| responsibility \| responsibleness \| spindle \| spirit \| strand \| stuff \| synthetic fiber \| textile \| thoughtfulness \| trait Fiber In Webster's Dictionary \Fi"ber\, Fibre \Fi"bre\,, n. [F. fibre, L. fibra.] 1. One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle. 2. Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender rootlets of a plant. 3. Sinew; strength; toughness; as, a man of real fiber. Yet had no fibers in him, nor no force. --Chapman. 4. A general name for the raw material, such as cotton, flax, hemp, etc., used in textile manufactures. {Fiber gun}, a kind of steam gun for converting, wood, straw, etc., into fiber. The material is shut up in the gun with steam, air, or gas at a very high pressure which is afterward relieved suddenly by letting a lid at the muzzle fly open, when the rapid expansion separates the fibers. {Fiber plants} (Bot.), plants capable of yielding fiber useful in the arts, as hemp, flax, ramie, agave, etc.

Fiber Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fiber?

[n] a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
[n] the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer
[n] a slender and greatly elongated solid substance

Fiber In Webster's Dictionary

\Fi"ber\, Fibre \Fi"bre\,, n. [F. fibre, L. fibra.]
1. One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the
   tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as,
   the fiber of flax or of muscle.

2. Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a
   fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender
   rootlets of a plant.

3. Sinew; strength; toughness; as, a man of real fiber.

         Yet had no fibers in him, nor no force. --Chapman.

4. A general name for the raw material, such as cotton, flax,
   hemp, etc., used in textile manufactures.

{Fiber gun}, a kind of steam gun for converting, wood, straw,
   etc., into fiber. The material is shut up in the gun with
   steam, air, or gas at a very high pressure which is
   afterward relieved suddenly by letting a lid at the muzzle
   fly open, when the rapid expansion separates the fibers.


{Fiber plants} (Bot.), plants capable of yielding fiber
   useful in the arts, as hemp, flax, ramie, agave, etc.

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