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FIBRE BUNDLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fibre bundle mean?
• FIBRE BUNDLE (noun)
The noun FIBRE BUNDLE has 1 sense:
1. a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)
Familiarity information: FIBRE BUNDLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
fascicle; fasciculus; fiber bundle; fibre bundle
Hypernyms ("fibre bundle" is a kind of...):
nerve tissue; nervous tissue (tissue composed of neurons)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fibre bundle"):
fornix; trigonum cerebrale (an arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies)
nerve; nervus (any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body)
Holonyms ("fibre bundle" is a part of...):
nervous system; systema nervosum (the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells)
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