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Definition: Fibril |
FibrilNoun1. A very slender natural or synthetic fiber. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Fibril \Fi"bril\, noun. [French expression fibrille, diminutive of fibre, from Latin expression fibra.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Biology & Biotechnology | A long, slender structural element in the fibre wall which in turn consists of still finer thread-like elements, microfibrils. Source: European Union. (references) |
Computing | A very small fibre or part of a fibre. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | Most bacterial viruses have a hollow tail with specialized fibrils at its tip. The tail fibers attach to the cell wall of the host. (references) |
Medicine | Most bacterial viruses. . have. . a hollow tail with specialized fibrils at its tip. . . The tail fibers attach to the cell wall of the host. . Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A single fiber, which cannot be separated into smaller components withoutlosing its fibrous properties or appearance. (references) |
Solar | A linear pattern in the H-ALPHA CHROMOSPHERE of the sun, as seen through an H-alpha filter, occurring near strong SUNSPOTS and PLAGE or in FILAMENT channels. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: FibrilSynonyms: filament (n), strand (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Filament | Noun: filament, line; fiber, fibril; funicle, vein; hair, capillament, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili; tendril, gossamer; hair stroke; veinlet, venula, venule. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Fibril |
| English words defined with "fibril": Fibrilla ♦ radicle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fibril": Reticulin. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "fibril": Fibrilla. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | These studies indicate fibril formation significantly increases the likelihood that beta-amyloid will bind with APP. The study showed that APP may be implicated in neurodegeneration and that beta-amyloid toxicity is at least partially linked to its interaction with APP. Determining the mechanism(s) by which beta-amyloid becomes toxic may one day allow researchers to block its lethal effects and prevent the death of nerve cells. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Fibril" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fibril" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 18 | 82,615 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fibril | 9 |
clay composite fiber fibre fibril nano particle resin structure tube | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "fibril"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | fibër e vockël, qime thithëse (fibrilla). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ليفية, جذر شعري ليفي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | влакънце, малко разклонение. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | fibril, rodhaar (root hair). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | fibrille, fibril, microfibril (fusiform body, microfibril). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | fibrilli, säie (fibre, strand, thread). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fibrille (fibre, fibrillar, short fibre, thin fibre), fibre caudale (tail fiber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Fäserchen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ινίδιον, λεπτή ίνα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ליפון (fibrilla), סיבית (chipboard, fibrilla). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kis izomrost. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fibrilla. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | frauaig veg. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ibrilfay fibrila. (various references) firicel de rãdãcinã, fibrilã, ramificaţie a fibrei. (various references) волоконце (fibrilla), жилка (fibrilla, vein). (various references) filament (fibrilla, filament). (various references) fibrilla (fibrilla). (various references) fin fiber, fibrill, rothår (root hair). (various references) เส้นใยเล็กๆ. (various references) telcik, lifcik, kökcük. (various references) волокнинка (fibrilla), жилка (fibrilla, streak). (various references) sợi nhỏ (filament). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fibril": fibrilla, fibrillae, fibrillar, fibrillate, fibrillated, fibrillates, fibrillating, fibrillation, fibrillations, fibrils. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "fibril": microfibril, myofibril, neurofibril. (additional references) | |
Words containing "fibril": defibrillate, defibrillated, defibrillates, defibrillating, defibrillation, defibrillations, defibrillator, defibrillators, microfibrillar, microfibrils, myofibrillar, myofibrils, neurofibrillary, neurofibrils. (additional references) | |
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"Fibril" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Fabri, Fabsil, febril, febris, febru, Febry, Fiberail, Fibi, fibra, fibrel, Fikri, Fiorile, Fiorillo, Firby, firel, foibil, foril, Kibrik, Sibiril. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "fibril" (pronounced 'Fi"bril'): Nombril, Umbril. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-f-i-i-l-r" | |
-1 letter: libri. | |
-2 letters: birl, liri. | |
-3 letters: fib, fil, fir, lib, rib, rif. | |
-4 letters: bi, if, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-f-i-i-l-r" | |
+1 letter: bifilar, fibrils. | |
+2 letters: fibrilla, fimbrial. | |
+3 letters: bifilarly, fiberfill, fibrefill, fibrillae, fibrillar, fribbling, libriform, myofibril, riflebird. | |
+4 letters: brickfield, fiberfills, fibrefills, fibrillate, filibuster, friability, inferrible, myofibrils, riboflavin, riflebirds, verifiable. | |
+5 letters: brickfields, certifiable, certifiably, fibrillated, fibrillates, filibusters, fireballing, formability, infrangible, infrangibly, microfibril, neurofibril, rectifiable, riboflavins, vitrifiable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 69 62 72 69 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .. -... .-. .. .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01101001 01100010 01110010 01101001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F i b r i l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0069 0062 0072 0069 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)407568847578 |
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