glass fiber
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- noun
- /ɡlæs ˈfaɪbər/
- Specialized
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fibra de vidrio
- Basically you see the glass fibre reinforced concrete is there and installed and this is the signature architectural feature of Crossrail.
- glass fiber filter
- glass fiber-reinforced
Examples
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For instance, the glass fiber and resin going to the recreational boat industry could make wind-turbine blades instead.
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Preforms of thermoformed mat are made by pressing masses of long glass fibers with binder additives under heat.
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Restoration experts developed an ingenious technique using a glass fiber tissue to pick up the fragments.
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The glass fiber also showed a significant reduction in bacterial passage through the prefilter.
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A glass fiber filter does not have a nominal pore size rating, and its diameter is 47 mm.
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While standard communications-type glass fibers will be sufficient for the new sensor, the rough-and-tumble power plant environment requires a more rugged construction.
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The membrane is translucent, it's made of silicone coated glass fiber, and it's inflated twice a year for one month at a time.
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Fiber optics uses light waveguides to transmit messages through hair-thin plastic or glass fibers.
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Coefficients of variation calculated for each sampling method show the glass fiber filter having the least variability when sampling was conducted at the highest endotoxin levels.
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Inside the cable are two tiny glass fibers, only half the diameter of a human hair.
Synonyms
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3.7
A thin glass or plastic thread that carries data as light
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A very thin glass or plastic thread that carries light signals to send data quickly
How Thin
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'glass' names the material and 'fiber' names a thin strand, so 'glass fiber' straightforwardly means a fiber made of glass. This noun–noun compound follows a common cross-linguistic pattern (material + object), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The compound noun glass fiber pictures very thin threads of glass, each a long fiber that guides light along its length. So glass fiber means a very thin glass strand used to 'carry' light and data.