fibers

plural of fiber

(US, countable) A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
(US, uncountable) A material in the form of fibers.
(US, countable, uncountable) A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
(US, countable, uncountable) Dietary fiber.
(US, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Moral strength and resolve.
(US, countable, uncountable) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
(US, countable, uncountable) The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).
(US, countable, uncountable) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
(US, countable, uncountable) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.