What is the meaning of fiber?

noun

  • A slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn.
  • Coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis.
  • Any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber.
  • The inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions."education has for its object the formation of character- Herbert Spencer
  • A leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth.
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