Usually means: Transmitting light through flexible fibers.
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  1. fiber-optic: Merriam-Webster
  2. fiber-optic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fiber-optic: Vocabulary.com
  4. Fiber-Optic, Fiber-optic, fiber-optic: Wordnik
  5. fiber-optic: Dictionary.com
  6. Fiber-optic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. fiber-optic: Rhymezone
  8. fiber-optic: FreeDictionary.org
  9. fiber-optic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. fiber-optic: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. fiber-optic: Wiktionary

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  1. fiber-optic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. fiber-optic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. fiber-optic: Medical dictionary

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

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

Opposite:
copper wire, coaxial cable, electrical wire

Types:
single-mode, multimode, step-index, graded-index, more...

Phrases:
fiber-optic transmission system, Fiber-optic cable, Fiber-optic sensor, Fiber-optic communication, Fiber-optic splitter, more...

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

Opposite:
copper wire, coaxial cable, electrical wire

Types:
single-mode, multimode, step-index, graded-index, more...

Phrases:
fiber-optic transmission system, Fiber-optic cable, Fiber-optic sensor, Fiber-optic communication, Fiber-optic splitter, Fiber-optic patch cord, more...



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