Used in a Sentence

fibres

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fibres.

Editorial note

We wanted something better and found a material that uses thick polyester and elastane fibres (lycra fibres are finer) with many microdots of silicone on 1 side.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Dietary fibre.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fibres gathered in one view.

noun

Dietary fibre.

noun

Moral strength and resolve.

noun

(uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fibres.

noun

Dietary fibre.

noun

Moral strength and resolve.

noun

(uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.

noun

(cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.

Example sentences

1

We wanted something better and found a material that uses thick polyester and elastane fibres (lycra fibres are finer) with many microdots of silicone on 1 side.

2

You need a certain amount of polyester fibre content in the PGE to reduce creep stress (polyester fibres don't stretch and help anchor the elastane fibres to prevent stretch fatigue).

3

The article doesn't mention it, but logic would dictate that the surveillance would include the submarine fibres?

4

There are also interesting developments here such as synthetic-electric muscle fibres -- both mechanical and electrical.

5

However, these fibres break down during a fire at temperatures of 650°C and become much smaller.

6

Wet wipes are produced as air-laid paper where the fibres are carried and formed to the structure of paper by air.

7

The trend today is to make aircraft out of really strong fibres embedded in plastic.

8

Just as lots of shipping containers go though its port, a lot of undersea optical fibres go though its switching centres.

9

I wonder if fibres are not quite very similar to the CSP (communicating sequential processes) paradigm of Go..

10

Fitness has a lot to do with make up of muscle fibres in the body, fast twitch (anerobic) vs slow twitch (aerobic).

11

I think the spinning bristles really help to pull things of the ground or out of carpet fibres.

12

As far as studies go there are many on the effects of thermal regulation on sleeping, which synthetic fibres are very poor at.

Quote examples

1

A negative result will just be interpreted as "science doesn't know how to test these fibres".

2

"I already thought these fibres were kind of unusual, and this just validated it." Wymore has now been working on the DNA of the fibres for five years.

3

Although if you were only serving a hundred households you could plausibly serve them all from a single large fibre cable along the main stretch by "pulling off" a couple of fibres into a smaller cable per household.

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The article notes, "This process of regeneration is made possible by olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs), which provide a pathway for the fibres to grow back." In other words, this was not an experimental treatment with stem cells (pluripotent cells).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fibres in a sentence?

We wanted something better and found a material that uses thick polyester and elastane fibres (lycra fibres are finer) with many microdots of silicone on 1 side.

What does fibres mean?

Dietary fibre.

What part of speech is fibres?

fibres is commonly used as noun.