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Fiber vs Subbundle - What's the difference?

fiber | subbundle |

In mathematics|lang=en terms the difference between fiber and subbundle

is that fiber is (mathematics) the preimage of a given point in the range of a map while subbundle is (mathematics) a collection of linear subspaces of the fibers vx'' of ''v'' at ''x'' in ''x'' (where ''v'' is a vector bundle and ''x a topological space), that make up a vector bundle in their own right.

As nouns the difference between fiber and subbundle

is that fiber is (countable) a single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread while subbundle is (mathematics) a collection of linear subspaces of the fibers vx'' of ''v'' at ''x'' in ''x'' (where ''v'' is a vector bundle and ''x a topological space), that make up a vector bundle in their own right.

fiber

English

Alternative forms

* fibre (chiefly British)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (countable) A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
    • The microscope showed a single blue fiber stuck to the sole of the shoe.
  • (uncountable) A material in the form of fibers.
    • The cloth is made from strange, somewhat rough fiber .
  • (textiles) A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
    • Please use polyester fiber for this shirt.
  • Dietary fiber.
    • ''Fresh vegetables are a good source of fiber
  • (figuratively) Moral strength and resolve.
    • The ordeal was a test of everyone's fiber .
  • (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
    • ''Under this map, any two values in the fiber of a given point on the circle differ by 2π
  • (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.

    • Derived terms

    {{der3, dietary fiber , fiber bundle , fiberboard , fibered , fiberglass , fiberize , fiber optics , fiberscope , fibril, fibrilar , fibrin, fibrinous , fibrinogen , fibrinolysin , fibroblast , fibrocyte , fibroid , fibroma , fibrosis , fibrositis , fibrous , fibrovascular , microfiber , moral fiber , natural fiber , synthetic fiber}}

    Anagrams

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    subbundle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia subbundle)
  • (mathematics) A collection of linear subspaces of the fibers Vx'' of ''V'' at ''x'' in ''X'' (where ''V'' is a vector bundle and ''X a topological space), that make up a vector bundle in their own right.