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A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
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The microscope showed a single blue fiber stuck to the sole of the shoe.
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A material in the form of fibers.
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The cloth is made from strange, somewhat rough fiber.
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A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
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Please use polyester fiber for this shirt.
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Dietary fiber.
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Fresh vegetables are a good source of fiber
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Moral strength and resolve.
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The ordeal was a test of everyone's fiber.
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The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
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Under this map, any two values in the fiber of a given point on the circle differ by 2π
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Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
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A kind of lightweight thread of execution.