Definition of Fibres. Meaning of Fibres. Synonyms of Fibres

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Definition of Fibres

fibre
Tampico fiber Tam*pi"co fi"ber or fibre fi"bre A tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name.
Fibre
Fiber 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.

Meaning of Fibres from wikipedia

- FiberWorld of Sisal". Sain, M. (2014). "The use of sugarcane bag****e fibres as reinforcements in composites". In Faruk, Omar; Sain, Mohini (eds.). Biofiber...
- Sharpey's fibres (bone fibres, or perforating fibres) are a matrix of connective tissue consisting of bundles of strong predominantly type I collagen fibres connecting...
- with fibres. The fibres are usually gl**** (in fibregl****), carbon (in carbon-fibre-reinforced polymer), aramid, or basalt. Rarely, other fibres such as...
- cotton, as plant hairs or seed fibres, unicellular fibres that develop on the inside of the fruit bags. The kapok fibres are 10 to 35 mm (3⁄8 to 1+3⁄8 in)...
- from used paper materials. Wood fibres are treated by combining them with other additives which break down the fibres into a spongy m**** called pulp....
- An optical fiber, or optical fibre, is a flexible gl**** or plastic fiber that can transmit light from one end to the other. Such fibers find wide usage...
- of a fibration generalizes the notion of a fiber bundle and plays an important role in algebraic topology, a branch of mathematics. Fibrations are used...
- Fibre Channel (FC) is a high-speed data transfer protocol providing in-order, lossless delivery of raw block data. Fibre Channel is primarily used to connect...
- grams per 1000 m length) or by the number of fibres they contain. For example, a 12K tow contains 12,000 fibres. Spread tow fabrics are woven sheet materials...
- economically important bast fibres are obtained from herbs cultivated in agriculture, for instance flax, hemp, or ramie, but bast fibres from wild plants, such...