a thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed
a thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed
a pen with a writing point made of tightly packed fibres which hold the ink
a strong plastic, textile, or other material containing embedded glass filaments for reinforcement
the axon of a neuron. A nerve is formed of a bundle of many such fibres, with their sheaths
fibre obtained from wood and used especially in the manufacture of paper
a material consisting of thin, strong crystalline filaments of carbon, used as a strengthening material, especially in resins and ceramics
a yellowish fibre composed chiefly of elastin and occurring in networks or sheets which give elasticity to tissues in the body
the use of thin flexible fibres of glass or other transparent solids to transmit light signals, chiefly for telecommunications or for internal inspection of the body
fibrous material from a plant, in particular the inner bark of a tree such as the lime, used as fibre in matting, cord, etc.
a reinforced plastic material composed of glass fibres embedded in a resin matrix