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单词 optical fiber
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optical fiber

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noun

a very thin, flexible glass or plastic strand along which large quantities of information can be transmitted in the form of light pulses: used in telecommunications, medicine, and other fields.
Also called light guide.
Compare fiber optics, waveguide.

Origin of optical fiber

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby optical fiber

optical density, optical disc, optical disk, optical double star, optical effects, optical fiber, optical fibre, optical flint, optical glass, optical illusion, optical image
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Scientific definitions for optical fiber

optical fiber

A flexible transparent fiber of extremely pure glass or plastic, generally between 10 and 200 micrometers in diameter, used especially to carry light signals for telecommunication purposes. See more at fiber optics.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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