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/ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˌfʌɪbə/, U.S. /ˈmaɪkroʊˌfaɪbər/ An extremely fine fibre. Also: spec. a very fine synthetic yarn; a fabric made from the tightly woven fibres of such yarn; an item of clothing containing or made up of microfibres. Frequently attributive, designating objects manufactured from such fibres.A proprietary name in the United States for: a type of non-woven bonded glass fibre used in filter units and filter tubes.
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1966 Ecology 47 922/2 The biomass of each flask was collected on a weighed Microfiber Glass Prefilter.
1967 Science 20 Oct. 404/1 (advt.) [Filter tubes] made of borosilicate glass microfibers, bonded with a resin.
1977 Washington Post 14 Aug. f1 The original product..is still available in the form of a micro-fiber brush and the D3 fluid.
1978 Chem. Week (Nexis) 13 Dec. 21 Mfg. Co. has broken into the same field this fall with a product trade-named ‘Thinsulate’, described as a combination of polyolefin microfibers and Polyester fibers of greater denier.
1985 Daily News Record (U.S.) 31 Jan. s14 [It] is fashion-oriented and consists of a new fabric called Performance II—a sueded micro fiber that is impervious to water yet breathable—with a micro fiber Thinsulate interlining.
1990 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 242 141/1 Interfibrillary microfibres, proteoglycan in nature, are suspected of having a structural role in connective tissue.
2000 Times (Nexis) 5 Feb. Daily staples include practical outer-wear, ranging from traditional Barbours and huskies to modern micro-fibres.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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