vlákno — meaning in English
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English meaning
- fibre noun A thin, thread-like strand of material, often twisted together with others to make thread or cloth.
- filament noun A very thin thread or wire-like strand.
- strand noun One of the individual threads or wires twisted together to make a rope, cable, or cord.
- thread noun A thin, long strand of spun fiber used for sewing or weaving.
- yarn noun Spun fibre thread used for knitting, weaving, or making rope.
Senses
vlákno is used for these senses in English:
- fibre (countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
- filament Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.
- strand Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
- thread (computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
- thread (Internet) A series of posts or messages, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same subject, on a newsgroup, Internet forum, or social media platform.
- yarn (uncountable) A twisted strand of fibre used for knitting or weaving.
fibre — full definition
- noun A thin, thread-like strand of material, often twisted together with others to make thread or cloth.
- noun The indigestible part of plant food that helps digestion.
- noun Inner strength or moral resolve.
filament — full definition
- noun A very thin thread or wire-like strand.
- noun The thin coil inside an incandescent light bulb that glows white-hot when electricity passes through it.
- noun In botany, the thin stalk of a stamen that holds up the anther in a flower.
- noun A continuous spool of material, such as the plastic thread fed into a 3D printer.