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  • 11Fibre — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Fibre (homonymie). Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Fibre », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Une fibre est une formation élémentaire, végétale ou animale, d aspect filamenteux, se… …

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  • 12Fibre synthétique — Dans le textile, la fibre synthétique est une fibre (ou un fil) produit à partir de matière(s) synthétique(s). Une matière synthétique est une matière obtenue par synthèse de composés chimiques. Ces composés chimiques viennent presque… …

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  • 13fibre — (BrE) (AmE fiber) noun 1 in food ADJECTIVE ▪ dietary ▪ your total daily intake of dietary fibre ▪ vegetable VERB + FIBRE/FIBER ▪ be high in …

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  • 14fibre */*/ — UK [ˈfaɪbə(r)] / US [ˈfaɪbər] noun Word forms fibre : singular fibre plural fibres 1) [uncountable] 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… …

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  • 15fibre — /fuy beuhr/, n. Chiefly Brit. fiber. * * * (as used in expressions) glass fibre fibre optics fibre dietary * * * ▪ technology also spelled  Fiber,         in textile production, basic unit of raw material having suitable length, pliability, and… …

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  • 16Man — n. & v. n. (pl. men) 1 an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy. 2 a a human being; a person (no man is perfect). b human beings in general; the human race (man is mortal). 3 a person showing characteristics associated with males …

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  • 17man — n. & v. n. (pl. men) 1 an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy. 2 a a human being; a person (no man is perfect). b human beings in general; the human race (man is mortal). 3 a person showing characteristics associated with males …

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  • 18synthetic fibre —       man made textile fibre produced entirely from chemical substances, unlike those man made fibres derived from such natural substances as cellulose or protein. See Man Made Fibres (fibre, man made). * * * …

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  • 19Fibre — Fiber Fi ber, Fibre Fi bre,, n. [F. fibre, L. fibra.] 1. One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle. [1913 Webster] 2. Any fine, slender thread,… …

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  • 20Action Man — For the 2nd generation Hasbro Action Man, see . For the 40th anniversary reproductions, see . For the TV show, see Action Man (TV series). For the pro wrestler, see Dick Beyer. Action Man is an action figure boys toy launched in Britain in 1966… …

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