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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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Bezeq Israel Telecom reported on Wednesday a rise in net profit for the third quarter and higher revenue boosted by growth in its mobile phone unit and rapid deployment of its fibre optics network.

From Reuters

But the head of the Climate Change Committee, says it could be cheaper, better for the economy, and climate-friendly to expand fibre optics.

From BBC

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

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

Solitons are now significant in a number of fields, including neurology and fibre optics.

From The New Yorker