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GLASS FIBER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does glass fiber mean?
• GLASS FIBER (noun)
The noun GLASS FIBER has 1 sense:
1. a very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light; used in bundles to transmit images
Familiarity information: GLASS FIBER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light; used in bundles to transmit images
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
glass fiber; glass fibre; optical fiber; optical fibre
Hypernyms ("glass fiber" is a kind of...):
fiber; fibre (a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn)
Holonyms ("glass 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)
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