fiber-optic
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4.9
- adjective
- /ˈfaɪbər ˈɑptɪk/
- Specialized
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de fibra óptica
- But we also already have fiber optic cabling in the wall.
- fiber-optic cable
- fiber-optic network
- fiber-optic communication
And then you can take a fiber optic cable and light up some of the same things.
- And then you can take a fiber optic cable and light up some of the same things.
- We had all of the power infrastructure upgraded, trenched, installed fiber optic infrastructure put in place.
- Made with fiber optic lights and made the same way they would have made a studio scale camera control ship.
- I use a laser now which has a diameter of the fiber optic cable.
- What you see here is a obviously the globe and these pipelines that you see running are fibre optic cables that run at the bottom of the ocean.
- Just get some fiber optic cable is cheap, motherfukers.
- People have found, like, long fiber optic USB cables, and they've been much more than that.
- Dropping fiber out, fiber optic cable all the way across Africa and what are we doing?
Examples
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They're laying fiber-optic cable the width of a tree trunk under the sidewalk.
Fiction book (2001) -
The need for reliable, wireless, wire, and fiber optic data communications in the water industry is an ever-growing concern.
Academic text (1996) -
And then you can take a fiber optic cable and light up some of the same things.
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There is an extensive global communication network using metal and fiber-optic cables.
Fiction book (2000) -
We lower a fiber optic camera down the throat and esophagus, and take a look around.
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Today, almost everything in stealth aircraft is done optoelectronically through fiber-optic digital data buses.
Fiction book (1995) -
The Lumenator uses a woven fiber-optic strip for a smooth, even light without bright spots.
Academic text (1996) -
In preparation for the move, ASME designed state-of-the-art computer facilities featuring fiber optic networking technology.
Academic text (1998) -
The inexorable spreading of the fiber optic network has been aptly called the second wiring of the world.
Academic text (1992) -
The city then installed a fiber-optic network and offered high-speed Internet, TV, and telephone.
Synonyms
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6.3
Using thin glass threads to send light signals for internet or medical tools
How Modern
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fiber-optic comes from fiber, a thin 'thread', and optic, a word for 'light' or 'seeing'. So fiber-optic describes using very thin glass or plastic 'threads' to carry 'light' for fast internet, cameras, or medical tools.