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OPTICAL FIBRE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does optical fibre mean?
• OPTICAL FIBRE (noun)
The noun OPTICAL FIBRE 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: OPTICAL FIBRE 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 ("optical fibre" is a kind of...):
fiber; fibre (a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn)
Holonyms ("optical fibre" 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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