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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

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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

I met two twenty-nine-year-olds from Normandy, who worked in fibre optics and hadn’t been to Paris in fifteen years.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 13, 2018

Most are bundles of hair-thin fibre optics that carry data at the speed of light.

From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2018

His first job was at consumer electronics conglomerate Philips in a lab working on fibre optics, but Drahi soon set out to be an entrepreneur in the nascent cable sector.

From Reuters • Apr. 7, 2014

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