Fiber vs Fibre - What's the difference?
fiber | fibre | Alternative forms |
(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 fiber.
(figuratively) Moral strength and resolve.
(mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
(computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
(en noun) (British, Canada, Australia, Ireland, NZ, South Africa)
(senseid)(countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
(senseid)(uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.
Dietary fibre.
Moral strength and resolve.
(mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
(computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
Fibre is a alternative form of fiber.
Fibre is a anagram of fiber.
In countable terms the difference between fiber and fibre
is that fiber is a single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread while fibre is (single elongated piece of material) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.In uncountable terms the difference between fiber and fibre
is that fiber is a material in the form of fibers while fibre is (material in the form of fibres) Material in the form of fibres.In mathematics terms the difference between fiber and fibre
is that fiber is the preimage of a given point in the range of a map while fibre is the preimage of a given point in the range of a map.In computing terms the difference between fiber and fibre
is that fiber is a kind of lightweight thread of execution while fibre is a kind of lightweight thread of execution.fiber
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Alternative forms
* fibre (chiefly British)Noun
(en noun)- The microscope showed a single blue fiber stuck to the sole of the shoe.
- The cloth is made from strange, somewhat rough fiber .
- Please use polyester fiber for this shirt.
- ''Fresh vegetables are a good source of fiber
- The ordeal was a test of everyone's fiber .
- ''Under this map, any two values in the fiber of a given point on the circle differ by 2π
Derived terms
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(wikipedia fibre)Alternative forms
* fiber (US)Noun
- The microscope showed several different fibres stuck to the sole of the shoe.
- The cloth was made from strange, somewhat rough fibre .
- ''Fresh vegetables are a good source of fibre .
- The ordeal was a test of everyone’s fibre .
- Under this map, any two values in the fibre of a given point on the circle differ by 2π