HyperDic: glass_fiber

English > 1 sense of the expression glass fiber:
NOUNartifactglass fiber, optical fiber, optical fibre, glass fibrea very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light
English > glass fiber: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light; used in bundles to transmit images.
Synonymsoptical fiber, optical fibre, glass fibre
Part offiber optic cable, fibre optic cableA cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light
fiberscopeA flexible medical instrument involving fiber optics that is used to examine internal organs
Broaderfiber, fibreA slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
Spanishfibra óptica
Catalanfibra òptica

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