Usually means: Transmits light signals through glass.
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  1. fibre-optic: Vocabulary.com
  2. Fibre-Optic, fibre-optic: Wordnik
  3. fibre-optic: Dictionary.com
  4. Fibre-optic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. fibre-optic: Rhymezone
  6. fibre-optic: FreeDictionary.org
  7. fibre-optic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. fibre-optic: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. fibre-optic: Wiktionary

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  1. fibre-optic: Encyclopedia

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  1. fibre-optic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (British spelling) Alternative spelling of fibre optic [Of, or relating to fibre optics, or to optical fibre.]

Similar:
fibreoptic, fiberoptic, fiber optic, fibre optics, optical fiber, fiber bundle, glass fiber, coaxial cable, ethernet cable, fiberglass, more...

Opposite:
copper wire, coaxial cable, electrical wire

Types:
single-mode, multimode, glass optical fibre, more...

Phrases:
fibre-optic transmission system, Fibre-optic gyroscope, Fibre-optic Link Around the Globe, more...

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Similar:
fibreoptic, fiberoptic, fiber optic, fibre optics, optical fiber, fiber bundle, glass fiber, coaxial cable, ethernet cable, fiberglass, more...

Opposite:
copper wire, coaxial cable, electrical wire

Types:
single-mode, multimode, glass optical fibre, more...

Phrases:
fibre-optic transmission system, Fibre-optic gyroscope, Fibre-optic Link Around the Globe, more...



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