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noun(fi-ber)a thread or a structure or object resembling a thread: such as
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noun(fi-ber)a slender root (as of a grass)
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noun(fi-ber)an elongated tapering thick-walled plant cell void at maturity that imparts elasticity, flexibility, and tensile strength
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noun(fi-ber)a quick-drying synthetic textile fiber made by polymerization of acrylonitrile usually with other monomers
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noun(fi-ber)a strong woody fiber obtained chiefly from the phloem of plants and used especially in cordage, matting, and fabrics
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noun(fi-ber)a very strong lightweight synthetic fiber made especially by carbonizing acrylic fiber at high temperatures; also : a material made from such fibers embedded in a resinous matrix
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noun(fi-ber)a thick very elastic smooth yellowish anastomosing fiber of connective tissue that contains elastin
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noun(fi-ber)fiberglass
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noun(fi-ber)any of various synthetic textile fibers that are long-chain polymers composed of 35 to 85 percent by weight of acrylonitrile units
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noun(fi-ber)any of the processes (such as axons or dendrites) of a neuron
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noun(fi-ber)a single fiber-optic strand
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noun(fi-ber)any of the modified cardiac muscle fibers with few nuclei, granulated central cytoplasm, and sparse peripheral striations that make up a network of myocardial conducting tissue