fiber bundle

American  

noun

Optics.

1. a flexible bundle of optical glass that transmits images.

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Example Sentences

It was unknown, however, whether this change takes place at the level of individual nerve fibers or if adaptive myelination is also transferred to neighboring, passive axons in a fiber bundle.

From Science Daily

Now, researchers have published the most detailed examination to date of the tiny, muscle fiber bundles involved.

From Science Magazine

These fiber bundles are white because the axons are coated with a fatty substance called myelin, which acts as electrical insulation and boosts the speed of transmission by 50 to 100 times.

From Scientific American

In physics, a gauge theory is a kind of field theory, formulated in the language of the geometry of fiber bundles; the simplest example is electromagnetism.

From Science Magazine

At issue is the anatomy of the brain's largest fiber bundle structure, the corpus callosum, which connects the brain's two hemispheres.

From US News