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fiber optics
- the branch of optics dealing with the transmission of light and images, as around bends and curves, through transparent optical fibers
- the technology using this fiber as for the transmission of data at high speeds and in large amounts
- such fibers bound together and used to send data, images, etc.
Related Forms:
- fiber-optic adjective or fiber optic
See fiber optics in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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