calico vs fiber

calico

noun
  • A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern. 

  • The plant disease caused by Tobacco mosaic virus. 

adj
  • Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated. 

fiber

noun
  • A material in the form of fibers. 

  • A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width. 

  • A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue. 

  • The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element). 

  • A kind of lightweight thread of execution. 

  • Moral strength and resolve. 

  • Dietary fiber. 

  • The preimage of a given point in the range of a map. 

  • A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread. 

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