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A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
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The microscope showed several different fibres stuck to the sole of the shoe.
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Material in the form of fibres.
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The cloth was made from strange, somewhat rough fibre.
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Dietary fibre.
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Fresh vegetables are a good source of fibre.
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Moral strength and resolve.
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The ordeal was a test of everyone’s fibre.
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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 fibre 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.
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A long tubular cell found in muscle tissue; myocyte.