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FIBEROPTICS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fiberoptics mean?
• FIBEROPTICS (noun)
The noun FIBEROPTICS has 1 sense:
1. the transmission of light signals via glass fibers
Familiarity information: FIBEROPTICS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The transmission of light signals via glass fibers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
fiber optics; fiberoptics; fibre optics; fibreoptics
Hypernyms ("fiberoptics" is a kind of...):
transmission (communication by means of transmitted signals)
Derivation:
fiberoptic (of or relating to fiber optics)
Context examples
Fiberoptics are also used to deliver laser light to tumors injected with a type of drug that kills cancer cells when it is exposed to laser light.
(Fiberoptic, NCI Dictionary)
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