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Fibre vs Lacertus - What's the difference?

fibre | lacertus |

As nouns the difference between fibre and lacertus

is that fibre is (senseid)(countable) a single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread while lacertus is (anatomy) a bundle or fascicle of muscular fibres.

fibre

English

(wikipedia fibre)

Alternative forms

* fiber (US)

Noun

  • (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.
    • The microscope showed several different fibres stuck to the sole of the shoe.
  • (senseid)(uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.
    • The cloth was made from strange, somewhat rough fibre .
  • Dietary fibre.
    • ''Fresh vegetables are a good source of fibre .
  • Moral strength and resolve.
    • The ordeal was a test of everyone’s fibre .
  • (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
    • Under this map, any two values in the fibre of a given point on the circle differ by 2π
  • (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.

    • Related terms

    (Related terms) * dietary fibre * fibre bundle * fibreboard * fibreglass * fibre optics * fibrescope * fibril * fibrin * fibroid * fibrosis * fibrositis * fibrous * microfibre * moral fibre * natural fibre * synthetic fibre

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    lacertus

    English

    Noun

    (lacerti)
  • (anatomy) A bundle or fascicle of muscular fibres.
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