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OPTICAL FIBER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light; used in bundles to transmit images
Synonyms:
glass fiber; glass fibre; optical fiber; optical fibre
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("optical fiber" is a kind of...):
fiber; fibre (a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn)
Holonyms ("optical fiber" is a part of...):
fiber optic cable; fibre optic cable (a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light)
fiberscope (a flexible medical instrument involving fiber optics that is used to examine internal organs)
