волокно́ — meaning in English

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.

Senses

волокно́ 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 A fine thread or wire.
• filament (textiles) A continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length.

fibre — full definition

1. noun A thin, thread-like strand of material, often twisted together with others to make thread or cloth.
2. noun The indigestible part of plant food that helps digestion.
3. noun Inner strength or moral resolve.

filament — full definition

1. noun A very thin thread or wire-like strand.
2. noun The thin coil inside an incandescent light bulb that glows white-hot when electricity passes through it.
3. noun In botany, the thin stalk of a stamen that holds up the anther in a flower.
4. noun A continuous spool of material, such as the plastic thread fed into a 3D printer.

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