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Definition of Fibre optics
1. Noun. The transmission of light signals via glass fibers.
Generic synonyms: Transmission
Derivative terms: Fiber-optic, Fibre-optic, Fiberoptic, Fibreoptic
Definition of Fibre optics
1. Noun. The transmission of light through fine flexible glass or plastic fibres, especially as a medium for communications networks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fibre Optics
Literary usage of Fibre optics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Basic Studies in the Field of High-Temperature Engineering: Second by Nihon Genshiryoku Kenkyūjo (2002)
"Ceramic fibre optics are the only tools that could render the solid-made HTGR
... In the meantime, fibre optics have refractory properties in HTGR cores, ..."
2. Social Sciences and Innovation by OECD Staff, Oecd (2001)
"Every major transmission system - a pair of copper wires, coaxial cables,
microwaves, satellites, fibre optics - has been subject to extensive later ..."
3. Netherlands by OECD Staff (2004)
"KPN, however, is currently lobbying the government for financial assistance in
the roll-out of broadband infrastructure - taking fibre optics "to the home". ..."
4. Telecommunications Equipment: Changing Markets and Trade Structures by Dimitri Ypsilanti, Amy Plantin (1991)
"US$ million 3.1 fibre optics The most influential new technology of the 1980s
was within the transmission equipment market. Fibre optic technology has ..."
5. Universal Service and Rate Restructuring in Telecommunications by OECD Staff (1991)
"KTAS operates a hybrid network for the distribution of programming using fibre
optics. This technology also is being installed in the public network. ..."
6. Creating Knowledge Networksby Glenda Kruss by Glenda Kruss (2007)
"Free-space optics systems are a potential alternative to other telecommunications
media such as fibre optics and radio frequency technologies, ..."
7. Technical Digest Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements edited by P. A. Williams, G. W. Day (2001)
"... directional couplers, polarisers, etc) of conventional fibre optics. Furthermore,
although the nonlinear interaction occurs in the narrow waist, ..."
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