plastic optical fibre

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• Plastic optical fiber — (POF) (or fibre) is an optical fiber which is made out of plastic. Traditionally PMMA (acrylic) is the core material, and fluorinated polymers are the cladding material. Since the late 1990s however, much higher performance POF based on… …   Wikipedia

• optical fibre — UK US UK (US optical fiber) noun [C or U] COMMUNICATIONS, IT ► a very thin glass or plastic thread that can send information in the form of light signals: »A strand of optical fibre as thin as a human hair can transmit the equivalent of millions… …   Financial and business terms

• optical fibre — BrE optical fiber AmE n [U and C] a long thin thread of glass or plastic along which information can be sent through a phone or computer system, using light …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• optical fibre — noun a very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light; used in bundles to transmit images • Syn: ↑optical fiber, ↑glass fiber, ↑glass fibre • Hypernyms: ↑fiber, ↑fibre • Part Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• optical fibre — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms optical fibre : singular optical fibre plural optical fibres physics a very thin string made of glass or plastic, used in telephone and computer systems for sending information in the form of light …   English dictionary

• optical fibre — noun A thin, transparent, flexible fibre, made of glass or plastic, used for transmitting light …   Wiktionary

• optical fibre — /ɒptɪkəl ˈfaɪbə/ (say optikuhl fuybuh) noun a very thin flexible strand of glass or plastic along which information in the form of light pulses can be transmitted. See fibre optics …  

• optical fibre — noun (U) a thread like piece of glass or plastic which is used for sending information, for example in a telephone or computer system …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Optical fiber — A bundle of optical fibers A TOSLINK fiber optic audio c …   Wikipedia

• fibre optics — Thin transparent fibres of glass or plastic that transmit light through their length by internal reflections, used for transmitting data, voice, and images. Fibre optic technology has virtually replaced copper wire in long distance telephone… …   Universalium

• optical fiber — noun a very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light; used in bundles to transmit images • Syn: ↑glass fiber, ↑optical fibre, ↑glass fibre • Hypernyms: ↑fiber, ↑fibre • Part Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary