glass optical fibre

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• 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 — optical fibres N VAR An optical fibre is a very thin thread of glass inside a protective coating. Optical fibres are used to carry information in the form of light. Nearly every long distance call made in Britain now travels on optical fibre… …   English dictionary

• 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 thin glass fibre through which light can be transmitted …   English terms dictionary

• 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 — noun a thin glass fibre through which light can be transmitted …   English new terms dictionary

• 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

• Subwavelength-diameter optical fibre — A subwavelength diameter fibre wraps light around human hair. Subwavelength diameter optical fibre (SDF or SDOF) is an optical fibre whose diameter is less than the wavelength of the light being propagated through the fibre. An SDOF usually… …   Wikipedia