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As nouns the difference between potassium and fiber

is that potassium is a soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element (symbol'' k) with an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 390983 the symbol is derived from the latin ''kalium while fiber is (countable) a single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.

potassium

English

Noun

(-) (wikipedia potassium)
  • A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element (symbol'' K) with an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983. The symbol is derived from the Latin ''kalium .

    • Derived terms

    (terms derived from "potassium") * bismuthide of potassium * bromide of potassium * carbonate of potassium * chromate of potassium * hydrogen potassium carbonate * monopotassium * plumbate of potassium * potassamide * potassic * potassio- * * * * * potassium acetate * potassium acid carbonate * potassium aluminate * potassium aluminum sulfate, potassium aluminium sulphate * potassium antimonyl tartrate * potassium-argon dating * potassium bentonite * potassium benzoate * potassium bicarbonate * potassium bifluoride * potassium bisulfate * potassium bromate * potassium bromide * potassium carbonate * potassium channel * potassium chlorate * potassium chloride * potassium chromate * potassium cyanide * potassium deficiency * potassium dichromate * potassium feldspar * potassium ferrate * potassium ferricyanide * potassium ferrocyanide * potassium fluoborate * potassium fluoride * potassium fluosilicate * potassium fluorotantalate * potassium fluorotitanate * potassium fulminate * potassium gluconate * potassium glutamate * potassium glycerophosphate * potassium gold chloride * potassium gold cyanide * potassium hexafluoroaluminate * potassium hexafluoroantimonate * potassium hexafluoroarsenate * potassium humate * potassium hydrate * potassium hydride * potassium hydrogen carbonate * potassium hydroxide * potassium iodate * potassium iodide * potassium iodohydrargyrate * potassium linoleate * potassium magnesium chloride hexahydrate * potassium manganate * potassium manganite * potassium metabisulfite * potassium nitrate * potassium nitrite * potassium osmate * potassium oxalate * potassium oxide * potassium percarbonate * potassium perchlorate * potassium periodate * potassium permanganate * potassium peroxide * potassium persulfate * potassium perxenate * potassium phosphate * potassium platinocyanide * potassium plumbate * potassium salt * potassium selective electrode * potassium silicate * potassium sorbate * potassium stannate * potassium stannite * potassium sulfate, potassium sulphate * potassium thiocyanate * potassium titanyl phosphate * potassium vanadate * potassium xanthate * potassium zirconium fluoride

    Related terms

    * * potash * potass * potassa

    References

    * Potassa'' and ''Potassium'' in the ''Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.

    See also

    * carnallite * langbeinite * polyhalite * potash * saltpeter, saltpetre * sylvite ----

    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}}

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