[американский вариант английского языка]; смотри значение fibre
1) волокно; волоконистый 2) нитка, нить 3) геометрия слой 4) расслоение 5) фибра; фибровый twisted fiber - quartz fiber - native fiber Например: to scutch fibers — трепать волокно to spin fibers — прясть волокно
1) волокно 2) [целлюлозно-бумажная промышленность] волокнистая масса 3) фибра 4) [лесная и деревообрабатывающая промышленность] либриформ 5) элементарная нить 6) (оптическое) волокно 7) [пищевая промышленность] мезга
noun Etymology: Middle French fibre, from Latin fibra 1. a thread or a structure or object resembling a thread: as a. (1) a slender root (as of a grass) (2) an elongated tapering thick-walled plant cell void at maturity that imparts elasticity, flexibility, and tensile strength b. (1) a strand of nerve tissue; axon, dendrite (2) one of the filaments composing most of the intercellular matrix of connective tissue (3) one of the elongated contractile cells of muscle tissue c. a slender and greatly elongated natural or synthetic filament (as of wool, cotton, asbestos, gold, glass, or rayon) typically capable of being spun into yarn d. mostly indigestible material in food that stimulates the intestine to peristalsis — called also bulk, roughage 2. material made of fibers; especially vulcanized fiber 3. a. an element that gives texture or substance b. basic toughness; strength, fortitude c. essential structure or character Example: the very fiber of a person's being • fibered adjective