carbon fibre

British

noun

a black silky thread of pure carbon made by heating and stretching textile fibres and used because of its lightness and strength at high temperatures for reinforcing resins, ceramics, and metals, esp in turbine blades and for fishing rods

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Modern rotors are even more efficient than the ones on Buckau in 1925 because they are made with lighter composite materials such as carbon fibre.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2025

The documentary also reveals the carbon fibre used to build the submersible started to break apart a year before the fatal dive.

From BBC ● May 22, 2025

His carbon fibre creation, known as VX4, has eight propellers and looks like a giant drone, but what's crucial is that it doesn’t use fuel.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2024

He’s already used to his carbon fibre limb and is even training for next year’s Invictus Games.

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2024

The search for the carbon fibre had cost about a hundred thousand dollars.

From The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth

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