| NOUN | artifact | optical fibre, optical fiber, glass fiber, glass fibre | a very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light |
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| Meaning | A very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light; used in bundles to transmit images. | |
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| Synonyms | optical fiber, glass fiber, glass fibre | |
| Part of | fiber optic cable, fibre optic cable | A cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light |
| fiberscope | A flexible medical instrument involving fiber optics that is used to examine internal organs | |
| Broader | fiber, fibre | A slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn |
| Spanish | fibra óptica | |
| Catalan | fibra òptica | |
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