fiber

Definitions

• (countable) A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
• (uncountable) A material in the form of fibers.
• (textiles) A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
• dietary Dietary fiber.
• (figuratively) Moral strength and resolve.
• (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
• (category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
• (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.