Definition of Fibres. Meaning of Fibres. Synonyms of Fibres

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Fibres. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Fibres and, of course, Fibres synonyms and on the right images related to the word Fibres.

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

- Fiber (or fibre in British English, see spelling differences; from the Latin fibra) is a natural or synthetic substance that is significantly longer than...
- dry-cleaned. Common textile fibres used in global fashion today include: Other plant-based fibers: Apocynum cannabinum Bast fibre Cedar bark textile Esparto...
- 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 fiber reinforced polymer), aramid, or basalt. Rarely, other fibres such as...
- In topology, a branch of mathematics, a fibration is a generalization of the notion of a fiber bundle. A fiber bundle makes precise the idea of one topological...
- Bast fibres are cl****ified as soft fibres, and are flexible. Fibres from monocotyledonous plants, called "leaf fibre", are cl****ified as hard fibres and...
- a building material is banned in many countries. Inhalation of asbestos fibres can lead to various serious lung conditions, including asbestosis and cancer...
- fibre) and ramie are also fibres used in clothing, generally with a blend of other fibres such as cotton. Nettles have also been used to make a fibre...
- brown coir fibres contain more lignin and less cellulose than fibres such as flax and cotton, so are stronger but less flexible. White coir fibres harvested...
- the conversion of fibre into yarn, yarn into fabric. These are then d**** or printed, fabricated into clothes. Different types of fibres are used to produce...
Loading...