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man-made fiber — noun fiber created from natural materials or by chemical processes • Syn: ↑synthetic fiber • Hypernyms: ↑fiber, ↑fibre • Hyponyms: ↑acrylic fiber, ↑acrylic, ↑nylon … Useful english dictionary
man-made — adjective something that is man made has been made by people and does not exist naturally. Some people avoid using this word because they consider it offensive to women, and they use manufactured instead: Rayon is a man made fiber. a man made… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Man-made fibers — Man made fibers can be created by synthetic means, by extruding material through holes, called spinnerets, into the air to form thread. Some of the most popular man made fibers used in the fashion industry include acetate (1924), acrylic… … Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry
man-made — /man mayd /, adj. 1. produced, formed, or made by humans. 2. produced artificially; not resulting from natural processes. 3. Textiles. a. (of a fiber) manufactured synthetically from a cellulosic or noncellulosic base; produced chemically. b. (of … Universalium
man made fibre — n. synthetic fiber … English contemporary dictionary
fibre, man-made — Introduction fibre whose chemical composition, structure, and properties are significantly modified during the manufacturing process. Man made fibres are spun and woven into a huge number of consumer and industrial products, including… … Universalium
Fiber diffraction — is an important simplification of the general scattering technique in which molecular structure is determined from scattering data (usually of X rays, electrons or neutrons). In fiber diffraction the scattering pattern does not change, as the… … Wikipedia
Fiber — For other uses, see Fiber (disambiguation). A bundle of optical fibers Fiber (also spelled fibre) is a class of materials that are continuous filaments or are in discrete elongated pieces, similar to lengths of thread. They are very important in… … Wikipedia
fiber — fi|ber [ faıbər ] noun ** 1. ) uncount the parts of fruit, vegetables, and grains that your body cannot DIGEST (=change into substances it can use). It helps food to pass through your body: dietary fiber high/rich/low in fiber: foods that are… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
synthetic fiber — noun fiber created from natural materials or by chemical processes • Syn: ↑man made fiber • Hypernyms: ↑fiber, ↑fibre • Hyponyms: ↑acrylic fiber, ↑acrylic, ↑nylon * * * … Useful english dictionary
