Fibril (Noun)
Meaning
A very slender natural or synthetic fiber.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- The image of a cotton fibril under the scanning electron microscope showed a long and extremely thin structure.
- Fibrils consisting of protein are very common in biological organisms.
- A fibril structure composed of cellulose molecules is a significant part of plant cell walls.
- When observing a single fibril from the silk thread under a microscope, we can see how incredibly fine and durable the fibers are.
- Medical researchers studied the unusual fibril formation in tissue samples from patients with rare genetic disorders.