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Record 1 2019-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
DEF

… a natural or synthetic substance that is significantly longer than it is wide.

OBS

Examples: animal (wool); vegetable (cotton); mineral (asbestos, steel); and synthetic (rayon, carbon, high polymers).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
CONT

Une fibre est une formation élémentaire, végétale ou animale, d'aspect filamenteux, se présentant généralement sous forme de faisceaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario técnico y científico general
DEF

Unidad de materia relativamente corta, caracterizada por una alta proporción de longitud a espesor o diámetro.

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