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fibre optics

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noun

  1. (functioning as singular) the transmission of information modulated on light carried down very thin flexible fibres of glass See also optical fibre

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  • fibreoptic adjective

Example Sentences

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This is because Starlink, rather than relying on fibre optics or cables to transmit data, uses a network of satellites in low Earth orbit.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025

Dr Ori Henderson-Sapir, project investigator at the UoA's Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, says that Australia has a long history of developing innovative fibre optics technologies.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2023

TIM's network is Italy's main telecommunications infrastructure and government authorities have for years been looking to ensure investments are carried out to upgrade it to fast fibre optics.

From Reuters • Aug. 29, 2023

By 2000, Binney, using fibre optics, had set up a computer network that could chart relationships among people in real time.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 11, 2019

Rather than bouncing around in a plastic space bubble, Coyne, cradling a baby doll, stands atop a futuristic chrome dome smothered in tentacle-like fibre optics.

From The Guardian • May 22, 2013

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