carbon fibre

British  

noun

1. 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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carbon fibre

The single propeller plane, registration HB-SXA, is made of carbon fibre to ensure lightness and strength.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

But Edwards thinks the carbon fibre plates in today's running shoes may not actually be helping jumpers in contrast to the running events where records have continued to be broken.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2025

A known problem is that the layers of carbon fibre can separate, a process called delamination.

From BBC ● May 22, 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

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

From The Story of Great Inventions by Elmer Ellsworth Burns

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