fiber optics

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fiber optics - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fiber optics \Fi"ber op`tics\,, n.
     that branch of optics which studies the transmission of light
     through thin transparent fibers.
  
     Note: Light transmission through optical fibers has become an
           important means of data and telephone signal
           transmission, in some areas superseding the carrying of
           vioce and data signals through electrical pulses over
           copper wire. It is also used for directly carrying
           images from otherwise inaccessible locations, as from
           inside the body, for medical procedures. Light
           transmission via fiber optics for data transmission
           uses an optical fiber made of specially purified
           glass with low light absorption characteristics.
           [PJC]

fiber optics - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fiber optics
      n 1: the transmission of light signals via glass fibers [syn:
           fiber optics, fiberoptics, fibre optics,
           fibreoptics]

fiber optics - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  fiber optics
  
     <spelling> US spelling of "fibre optics".  See optical fibre
     .
  
     (1997-03-31)